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features 6 Lookingglass Alice

Lewis Carroll’s Alice never looked like this.

10 Getting in the Swing of Things with Circus Arts

Try out some of your own stunts at these local training centers.

24 Digging Deep Down the Rabbit Hole with Lookingglass

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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 Welcome to the Looking Glass!up in celebration—particularly happiest memories are wrapped the Fezziwig party. Fred proclaims the season the time of “the There’s a lot of and reasons to seem love Lewis stories, year when men women by oneCarroll’s consent Alice to open their but the notion of wondering what life is like on the other shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen side his celebration. of the mirror is one of the richest imaginative journeys I can,

well … imagine. So much of our art form is predicated on a Maybe this is one reason Scrooge’s story affects all of us. When love for the opened merely sayingand “what we finally seepossibilities Scrooge, perhaps theby most humorless sourif?”

Earlier this season, Twyla Tharp wondered what if love character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up astook well.

Okay, maybe we should allCome take some time Me to celebrate on physical form, and voila — Fly With was born. the gifts this oldwriter world”wondered has given us.

Recently, a “tired young what if the Jew and the shared a common the I hope I haven’t ruined the ending forPalestinian anybody. If there is anyone readingcause, this whoand does notdeeply know wonderful play Tennis in Nablus was born.

And now, the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrationsthe of our life! gymnast actors of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre wonder what if the usual rules gifted of gravity, logic and cynicism just didn’t apply for an evening. And a wellspring of rich Have a beautiful, celebratory holiday season! and delighting possibility is born in those of us willing to ask, “What if?”

And here’s my wondering for the day: What if each of you who found something to love in what you saw tonight made the decision to bring a young person back with you to see it for themselves? What if we all introduced the sheer power of imagination to Rosemary someoneNewcott we knew and said, “Here. You deserve this.”

Wouldn’t that be wonderful?

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice never looked like this by kathy janich

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n Alice in Wonderland, a little girl falls into a rabbit hole and discovers a topsy-turvy world populated by a dapper White Rabbit, a Cheshire Cat, a Mad Hatter and a humorless Queen of Hearts.

In Alice Through the Looking Glass, the same little girl meets Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty and a Red Queen (no relation to the Queen of Hearts).

One tale finds its imagery in a deck

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of cards, the other in a game of chess.

One was written as a gift for a friend’s daughter in 1865, the other as a sequel in 1872. Since author Lewis Carroll’s day, Alice’s adventures — blended or told separately — have been retold in almost every form imaginable — silent movie, live-action movie, TV musical, animated TV movie, stage musical, Hallmark TV movie, opera, and now the Tim Burton feature film, starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.

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Elements of both Carroll stories wend their way onstage in this Lookingglass Theatre adaptation. Lookingglass Alice, from which the Chicago theater takes its name, was its very first show, done in 1988. This Alliance Theatre staging is its ninth incarnation, says adapter/ director David Catlin, also Lookingglass’ artistic director.

If you’ve never seen a Lookingglass show, imagine a blend of live theater and circus set in a Salvador Dali painting.

Or theater-cum-Cirque du Soleil. Alice

stage. We find that to be challenging and sort of thrilling.”

Lookingglass has done 52 world premieres, having its way with works as diverse as the Dostoevsky novel The Brothers Karamazov and Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town.

Unlike in Cirque, Catlin points out, the story in the Lookingglass show is paramount. “We use circus as a means of forwarding the story,” he says. “A review that would say we use gratuitous circus would not be a review I’d want to see.”

And so Lookingglass makes theater its own way. Process is a big deal. Alice, for example, took 18 months from conception to opening night. The performers work out at Lookingglass’ own Actors Gymnasium to build cardio and core strength.

They train in circus arts, must sing and dance, and are then set loose to create and discover the play. Their goals: invention, transformation and collaboration.

Alice has always been special to the company. “Since that beginning production, we felt that these two stories were a gift from Lewis Carroll,” Catlin says. “Much of Victorian children’s literature was about teaching kids to be mini adults. Carroll’s stories are cautions about growing up too fast.”

“since the beginning of the production,we felt that these two stories were a gift from lewis carroll” clambers up ropes. Humpty Dumpty bounces in midair. The Mad Hatter rides a unicycle. The cast of five includes Alice and four others who play 10 to 15 characters each. The Caterpillar alone requires three dexterous artists.

Catlin, who co-founded Lookingglass with like-minded colleagues from Northwestern University (including “Friends” actor David Schwimmer), appreciates the Cirque comparison.

“When we first started the company, Cirque du Soleil was coming through town,” he recalls. “I literally sat on the edge of my seat and thought, ‘Theatre should be this way! Theatre should pull you to the edge of your seat!’ We like stories that seem kind of impossible to

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Kathy Janich is an Atlanta theater artist and freelance writer. After years in daily newspapers, she found a joyous second career as marketing coordinator and dramaturg at Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre.

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ALLIANCE THEATRE Presents

Lookingglass Theatre Company’s production of

In Association with The Actor’s Gymnasium Written and Directed by

David Catlin

Adapted from the stories of

Lewis Carroll

David Catlin Artistic Director

Rachel E. Kraft Executive Director

Philip R. Smith Producing Artistic Director

Heidi Stillman Artistic Director of New Work

Set Design by Daniel Ostling

Costume Design by Mara Blumenfeld

Lighting Design by Christine Binder

Sound Design by Ray Nardelli

Choreographer/Circus Captain Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi

Original Music & Composition Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman

Production Stage Manager Dennis Conners Sponsored by

Lookingglass Alice premiered at Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago on February 13, 2005, and was developed in affiliation with The Actor’s Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School.

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cast (in alphabetical order) *Molly Brennan.................................................................. Red Queen and Others *Kevin Douglas.................................................................. Mad Hatter and Others *Anthony Fleming III.........................................................Cheshire Cat and Others *Doug Hara...................................................................... White Knight and Others *Lindsey Noel Whiting...................................................................................Alice understudies Lauren Hirte, Samuel Taylor, Isaac Schoepp, Mitchell Fain Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance. *Dennis Conners........................................................... Production Stage Manager *R. Lamar Williams......................................................... Assistant Stage Manager Chelsea Warren............................................................. Assistant Scenic Designer Alison Siple................................................................Associate Costume Designer Joshua Benghiat.......................................................... Associate Lighting Designer Michael Griggs.............................................................. Associate Sound Designer Lee Brasuell....................................................................................... Head Rigger Sean K. Walters..................................................................................... TD/Rigger Ryan Poethke..............................................................................................Rigger Vanessa Rodriguez........................................................................... Tour Manager *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Lookingglass Alice will be performed without intermission.

SETTING: A Victorian drawing room.

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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MOLLY BRENNAN

KEVIN DOUGLAS

DOUG HARA

ANTHONY FLEMING III

Lindsey Noel Whiting

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profiles MOLLY BRENNAN (Red Queen and Others) was recent­ly seen portraying Professor Harpo Marx in Goodman Theatre’s production of Animal Crackers. She is a company mem­ber of 500 Clown, appearing as Kevin in 500 Clown Macbeth, 500 Clown Frankenstein and 500 Clown Christmas, and can be seen as Madam Barker in 500 Clown and the Elephant Deal and The Madam Barker Show. Other Chicago cred­its include work with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, About Face Theatre, The Second City, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Lifeline Theatre and Factory Theatre. She was award­ed a Jeff citation for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work as Mikako, the flying Samurai, in Curse of the Crying Heart at House Theatre of Chicago. Since 1999, Molly has been a company member of Barrel of Monkeys, Chicago’s finest arts education program serv­ing Chicago Public Schools. In addition to acting, singing and jumping around, Molly has a passion for the culinary arts, and has worked with Chef Rick Bayless in the live cooking portion of her. vari­ety cabaret The Madam Barker Show.

KEVIN DOUGLAS (Mad Hatter and Others) is making his Alliance Theatre debut with Lookingglass Alice. He was most recently seen in Our Town at Lookingglass Theatre directed by Anna D. Shapiro and Jessica Thebus. Other Theatre: Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten, Around the World in 80 Days, Our Town at Lookingglass Theatre, Les Blanc, KiWi Black, As Much As You Can, and The Beaux Strategem. Regional Theatre: Lookingglass Alice at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Around the World in 80 Days at Baltimore Centerstage, and most recently, Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Rep. Additional Stuff: Mr. Douglas is an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company and a company member of MPAACT (MA’AT Production Association of African Centered Theatre) and holds a B.F.A in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He’s a sketch comedy writer and has a two person sketch comedy group called kevINda kevinda.com. Kevin also likes to dabble in stand-up comedy.

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ANTHONY FLEMING III (Cheshire Cat and Others) is a native Chicagoan, a proud artistic. associ­ate of Lookingglass Theatre Company, and he is appearing in his seventh pro­duction of Lookingglass Alice. Other Lookingglass credits include Icarus, Race, 1984, The Arabian Nights and Fedra. He has worked as a theatre artist in Chicago for the past 12 years.

Television credits include “Prison Break” (Seasons I and II) on Fox, and “The Beast”. on A&E. Anthony sends love to Kathryn and Hunter, his Ohana; his real-life Tweedle, sister Chrissy; and dedicates his performance to the memory of his father, Paul A. Fleming, Jr. I love ya, Pops.

DOUG HARA (White Knight and Others) is a veteran ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company, where he has participated in 16 productions since 1991, including Metamorphoses, West, The Arabian Nights, Up Against It, Lookingglass Hamlet and The Brothers Karamazov. Outside Lookingglass, Doug recent­ly played Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at California Shakespeare Theatre and Two River Theatre, Leo Baxter in the world premiere of Something Intangible at the Arden Theatre, and the Stage Manager in Two River Theatre’s acclaimed production of Our Town. Broadway credits: The Boys of Winter at the Biltmore Theater, and Metamorphoses at Circle in the Square. Off-Broadway: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at Second Stage, and Lookingglass Alice at the New Victory Theatre. Doug has worked with many other regional theatres across the country including The Goodman Theatre, About Face Theatre, Jellyeye Drum Opera, Huntington Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Joyce Theatre. Doug lives in Lambertville, N.J. with his wife, Kirstin, and daughters, Lyra and Harper.

LINDSEY NOEL WHITING (Alice) is delighted back with the cast and crew of Lookingglass Alice after performing the role at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and Syracuse Stage.

Chicago credits include: Icarus (Lookingglass Theatre), The Snow Queen (2007 & 2008

profiles Victory Gardens), Once Upon a Time (or The Secret Language of Birds), The Balloon Man, The Golden Truffle, Loves Me...Loves Me Not, The Cabinet, and Sink, Sank, Sunk (Redmoon Theatre), and Dream: A Circus in One Act at The Actor’s Gymnasium. Lindsey is a member of Barrel of Monkeys, a group that brings creative writing and theatre to Chicago Public Schools. She also performs with Mucca Pazza, a circus punk marching band. Thanks to Sylvia for her patience and (as always) to Mom for her continued support.

DAVID CATLIN (Playwright/Director) has previously directed Icarus, Lookingglass Alice, Black Diamond (co-direction with J. Nicole Brooks), Metamorphoses, The Idiot and The Master and Margarita (co-direction with Heidi Stillman). As an actor, he was recently seen in Arabian Nights, Our Town and Argonautika. His film work includes Since You’ve Been Gone for Lookingglass Theatre/Miramax and Humanoid with Dark Harbor Stories. Mr. Catlin teaches acting at Northwestern University and serves as artistic director for Lookingglass Theatre.

DANIEL OSTLING (Set Designer) Recent credits include Clybourne Park (Playwrights Horizons), Merry Widow (Lyric Opera), Civil War Christmas (Huntington Theatre Company), Having Our Say (McCarter Theatre Center), Up (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Eurydice (Victory Gardens). NYC credits include: Sonnambula and Lucia Di Lammermoor (Metropolitan Opera), Glorious Ones (Lincoln Center), Durango (Public Theatre), Pain and the Itch (Playwrights Horizons), Lookingglass Alice (New Victory), Metamorphoses (Tony nomination for Broadway production), Measure for Measure (New York Shakespeare Festival), Arabian Nights and Galileo, Galilei (Brooklyn Academy of Music). Regional: Goodman Theatre,Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland.

Center Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C., McCarter Theatre Center, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, among oth­ers. He is an associate professor at Northwestern University in Chicago.

MARA BLUMENFELD (Costume Designer) joined the ensemble of Lookingglass Theatre Company in 2004, previously serving as an artistic associate from 1998-2004. She has designed costumes for more than 20 Lookingglass productions, includ­ing The Brothers Karamazov, Hard Times, The Idiot, Metamorphoses, Secret in the Wings and Eleven Rooms of Proust. Based in Chicago, she has worked extensively for the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and the Court Theatre.

New York credits include the Broadway and offBroadway productions of Metamorphoses, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at Second Stage, as well as Mary Zimmerman’s productions of Lucia di Lammermoor and La Sonnambula for the Metropolitan Opera. She is the recipient of three Joseph Jefferson awards and has been nominated for the Drama Desk and.

Olivier awards.

CHRISTINE BINDER (Lighting Designer) has designed over 100 pro­ductions in Chicago and around the country. Her designs include work at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Opera Theatre, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Houston Grand Opera and Theatre an der Wein in Vienna, Austria. Recent designs include The Brothers Karamazov and Fedra for the Lookingglass Theatre Company; Dancing at Lughnasa for the Theatre School at DePaul University; and The Merry Widow, Tosca and Faust for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Upcoming work includes Trust for Lookingglass Theatre Company and The Mikado for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ms. Binder has received two Jeff citations for her work with Redmoon Theatre (Frankenstein and Frankie and Johnny). She is an artistic associate with Lookingglass Theatre Company and is the head of lighting for the Theatre School at DePaul University.

RAY NARDELLI (Sound Designer) is coowner of Aria Music Designs LLC, which provides music and sound for theatre, film, and other media ventures. Off-Broadway credits include Lookingglass Alice at The New

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profiles Victory Theatre. Regional theatres include The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Court Theatre, Hartford Stage Company, Congo Square, Buffalo Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, American Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theatre, Meadow Brooke Theatre, The Gift Theatre, Northwestern Theatre, DePaul Theatre, Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare, Shakespeare On The Green, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Dolphinback Theatre Company, American Girl Theatre (New York, Chicago), Skylight Opera Theatre and Wright State University Theatre.

He has recorded, mixed and pro­duced CDs for the musicals The Sound of One, La Luna Muda and Hillbilly Antigone. Ray has over 400 film, television, DVD and com­puter game credits worldwide. He has been nominated five times for a Jeff Award and won twice. His memberships include USA #829, ASCAP and IATSE #2. Ray lives in Chicago with his wife, Lynn, and two children, Elliot and Olivia.

SYLVIA HERNANDEZ-DISTASI (Choreographer/ Circus Captain) was born into a family of circus acrobats and performed with them from the age of seven. Since 1994, she has worked on a number of Lookingglass Theatre productions, winning three Joseph Jefferson awards for her choreography. Other Chicago credits include Chicago Children’s Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Piven Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Marriot Lincolnshire Theatre (where she acquired her fourth Jeff award), among oth­ers. Sylvia is an artistic associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company, as well as co-artistic director of the Actors Gymnasium where she teach­es actors and children of all ages how to fly. She lives in Evanston, IL with her husband, Larry, and son, Griffin.

DENNIS CONNERS (Stage Manager) is proud to be rejoining the Lookingglass Alice family after last working on the show at the New Victory Theatre in NYC three years ago. Other recent credits include What Once We Felt at About Face Theater (Chicago), Fedra Queen

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of Haiti & The Arabian Nights at Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago), Clay at Lincoln Center Theatre (NYC), Kansas City Rep (KC), The Kirk Douglas Theatre (LA), and Lookingglass.

Dennis co-produced and stage managed the original productions of Clay at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest and Northwestern University.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (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 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.

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 Mulan; Middle School the Musical, Class of 3000 LIVE; Goodnight Moon;

profiles 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 200102 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 LOOKINGGLASS THEATRE Inventive. Collaborative. Transfor­mative. Lookingglass Theatre.

Com­pany was founded in 1988 by eight Northwestern University students. The company’s 20th anniversary season was in 2007-08. Looking­glass is home to a multi-disciplined ensemble of artists who create story-centered theatrical work that is. phys­ical, aurally rich and visually meta­phoric.

Lookingglass has staged 53 world premieres at 23 venues across Chicago and garnered 41 Joseph Jefferson awards and citations.

Its work has toured to New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Berkeley, Phila­delphia, Princeton, Hartford, Wash­ington, D.C., and St. Louis. Work premiered at Lookingglass has been produced across the United States.

Lookingglass Theatre, in Chica­go’s landmark Water Tower Water Works, opened in June 2003. In addition to developing and present­ ing ensemble work, Lookingglass education and community programs encourage creativity,

teamwork and confidence with more than 15,000 community members each year.

Lookingglass Theatre Company continues to expand its artistic, fi­nancial and institutional boundaries under the guidance of Artistic Direc­tor David Catlin, Executive Director Rachel Kraft, Producing Artistic Di­rector Philip R. Smith, Artistic Di­rector of New Work Heidi Stillman, a 22-member artistic ensemble, 14 artistic associates, 13 produc­tion affiliates and an administrative staff. Board Chairman Lisa Green leads a dedicated board of directors.

THE ACTOR’S GYMNASIUM The Actors Gymnasium Circus and Performing Arts School was founded in 1995 by Evanston theatre-writer Tony Adler, Chicago actor Car­ lyle Coash, Lookingglass ensemble member Larry DiStasi and circus veteran Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi. The Actors Gymnasium is an orga­nization dedicated to bringing a new physicality to the American the­atre and to the lives of its students. This goal is pursued by offering a wide range of classes for adults and children, by creating critically ac­claimed circus-theatre productions and by serving as a talent resource, providing performance opportuni­ties for Actors Gym students and innovative entertainment for a wider audience.

The Actors Gym­nasium has developed an extensive body of work in collaboration with Chicago area theatre companies. The awardwinning shows pro­duced in affiliation with the Look­ingglass Theatre include The Baron in the Trees, La Luna Muda, Hard Times, Icarus and Lookingglass Alice.

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why we love the alliance Why Atlanta, now?

Atlanta is a city excited by the new: new work, new technologies, new buildings, new research and new ideas. Lookingglass Alice performs with this same excitement by using Lewis Carroll’s beloved fantasies, Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Lookingglass, to explore the impossible onstage. Fantastic characters swing from the ceiling, a queen ages backwards from old age to infancy, and a rabbit talks. We accompany a wonderfully matter-of-fact young girl through these adventures. Alice takes the impossible in stride, accepting each fantastic thing with down to earth practicality. And the world she inhabits is a glorious celebration of movement, spectacle and fantasy.

Synopsis A writer, Dodgson, is remembering or looking at a young girl, Alice, in Victorian dress playing with her kitty. They are trying to play chess and it isn’t going well. Then, Alice slips through a looking glass and down the rabbit hole. She encounters a series of fantastic characters: a Cheshire cat, the White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, and gets involved in a complicated chess game. Eventually, she becomes a queen herself, and realizes becoming a queen is an invitation to believe and realize the impossible.

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. http://facebook.com/AllianceTheatre

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Alice to pass through a looking glass where everything is opposite.

Other famous adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s work (specifically the avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s ALICE) have focused on the relationship between the historical writer and Alice, the little girl who inspired his books. This adaptation includes Carroll (using his real name Dodgson), but sets up the question of the writer learning from the young girl living in a fantasy. There is an active relationship between writer and character. Dodgson uses Alice to explore the impossible, finding his own relationship to dream life through her adventures.

The resulting production invites the audience to explore the dream-like images created on stage, find individual interpretation in collective experience amd enjoy together a rich theatrical investigation.

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he art of theatrical adaptation takes many forms. Sometimes it is a recitation of the story — an animation of a novel. Sometimes it is a comment on the source material — a reading of the work from a specific point of view. And sometimes it is a deep exploration of the metaphors of the source material — exploring without being literal, digging deeper without commenting.

Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago has perfected this last form of theatrical adaptation. They are experts at finding, creating and deepening a theatrical idea on stage. They use heightened theatrical technique, especially acrobatics, to make literary the biggest and boldest theatrical ideas. For example, instead of creating the illusion of a rabbit hole, a Lookingglass Alice will literally fall through space down the rabbit hole.

Instead of describing the experience of crossing into a looking-glass world where everything seems opposite, Lookingglass Theatre will literally allow

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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 Mark Callaway 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

Martha Hayhurst P. J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Booker T. Izell Andrea Jones Rosthema Viener Kastin James Kilberg 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

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★★ $15,000-$24,999

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

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Palefsky Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Dan & Garnet Reardon Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

★ $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 Co. David & Carolyn Gould

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick 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 Ramona & Ben White Joni Winston

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 Linda & Gene Davidson Paul & Rosthema Kastin

Phil & Caroline Moïse John & Karen Spiegel

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

P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy 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 Michael & June Tompkins Robert & Sara Walker Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western

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

Kathy & Ken Bernhardt

Charles & Carol Edwards

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Madelyn R. Adams Mr. Robert B. Allison James Anderson Sarah & Jim Borders Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein

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Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Cegala Frank & Mary Anne Chew John & Lucy Cook Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation

Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Alan & Willa Fabian Andy Fisher & Cox Television Rick & Leslie Fuess

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 March 1, 2010.

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

Mr. Dwayne E. Greene Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall John & Angie Keller David L. Kuniansky Leslie Leigh M.D. Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Jodi & Henry Niden

Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey John & Helen Parker Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Bill & Rhonda Rowland Tanya M. Rutledge Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schraudenbach Charlotte & Tom Shields

William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats James Taylor Susan & Thomas Wardell Bryan & Terri Weidner Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper

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 Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Richard & Jennifer Buyens Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe 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 Clara Feldman Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Melanie & Richard Fine Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette

Ms. Brenda Freeman George Goodwin Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Jack K. Hale Rachel & Mike Hammer Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin 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

Mr. Ron H. Bell BG Search Associates

Betty Blondeau-Russell Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd

Joyce & Michael Natbony North Georgia Investment Planning, LLC. Judy Trotochaud & William Pate Bill & Carey Peard Monica K. Pearson 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 Mr. Kevin D. Seaway Michele & Glenn Shear Martin & Patricia Silbiger Alec & Donna Smythe Sara & Paul Steinfeld Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Mr. James Thomas Jackie Wallace Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company John & Kathy Zamer

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Mr. James D. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bronfman II

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annual fund Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 (cont.)

The Elster Foundation Ms. Gail H. Evans Dick & Anne Game Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Guffey John & Simone Hanson 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 Jim & Jo McLean Kristen L. Melton Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Bob & Gail O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Printpack Inc. & The Gay

& Erskine Love Fdn. Ms. Mary W. Rogers C. Austin Stephens Karen & Alex Stickney Bob Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. William L. Sutton, Jr. Celia Till Ms. Elizabeth Wallace Mr. Alex & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang

featured billing Playwrights $750-$999 Mr. & Mrs. David Miller

Veronique & Baxter Jones

Jane E. Shivers

Designers $500-$749 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Peter & Sheila Anderson Rita & Ted Anderson Ms. & Mr. Jody L. Andrade Sandy Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher Mr. & Mrs. Wayne S. Bailey Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Brown-Forman Corp Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Callaway

Drs. Enid Susan & Richard Carlin Mr. Court Centanni Mr. Bruce I. Crabtree, III & B.J. Erb Crabtree Mr. Mark A. Eden Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Elson Quincy Evans Wanda G. Hankes Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen Joyce & John Kesler

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mr. & Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. Colonel & Mrs. Anthony C. Aiken Judith & Aaron Alembik Sonia Alvarez-Robinson Ms. Meghan Arias Ellen & Eliot Arnovitz Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bates Natalie & Matthew Bernstein Brian & Jennifer Boutte Sara & Alex Brown Mr. Christopher Bussey Chuck Button W. F. Byrnes, M.D. Ms. Sheryl Cassity Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ms. Diane Chauffe Ms. Patti Clark Ms. Elizabeth W. Clubb Neva Collins Commerce Benefits Group, Inc. Bill & Linda Condon

Phoenicia Cooper Anonymous Alice J. Cunningham Brad & Sally Currey Prefered Machine Works Ms. Terri L. Davidson Judge Clinton Deveaux Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski Mrs. Frances W. Dubose Mr. Christopher J. Dwyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Ms. Beverly Edwards Ms. Cathryn English Ms. Anne B. Erbesfield Eliza & Bobby Ezor Mr. & Mrs. Bradford W. Ferrer Mrs. Veronica S. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis Jenny Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Freeman David & Luck Gambrell

Anonymous Billy & Julie Levine Mr. Alvaro Alexander Martinez Mrs. Debra McClure Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Tracey Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rafkin Bill & Bamby Ray Mr. Travis Reed Kevin Sangston David & Sharon Schachter John & Sandy Schoell

Catherine Shen Chip & Sharon Shirley Brenda J. Smith Joe Sniezek Bright Paper Mr. Kevin Todd Dr. Darryl J. Tookes Mr. & Mrs. Trey Turner Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler Dr. & Mrs. Howard Zaleznak

Performers $250-$499

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Mr. Michael Gilliam Dan & Susan Graveline Karen Gryne Peter J Gullo Dr. Sandra G. Gustavson Mr. & Mrs. Chris Hall Carol Hanner Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Ms. Virginia Harreld Mr. John R. Hartland John & Christine Hepfinger Mr. James A. Hill Marianne & John Hines Harris & Sharon Hobby Susan Howick & Lloyd Hoffspiegel Charles & Winnie Hoover Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Hostinsky Mr. Jerry Hux Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Jackson Elizabeth D. James – Townes Geri & Herb Jones Harry & Anna Rinker

Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Ms. Janice Karkula Mr. James Kelley Madkin Kelly Kevin Keyes Dr. Sam & Emilie Khair Ken & Susan Kincaid Thad & Suzanne King K. N. King Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Kirbabas Kevin Knatt Mrs. Jo Koch Chad & Kati Koenig Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kozak Ms. Mary E. Lang Elizabeth LeMasurier Kristen Lewis Sandy Fitzpatrick & Randy Lewis Lipman Brothers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Randall P. Little Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lorey Tim & Jane Lundberg

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 March 1, 2010.

Performers $250-$499 (cont.)

Jane Sneed Lynn Ms. Donata Major Mr. & Mrs. Vernon E. Martin, Jr. Barbara McPherson Ms. Maribeth McPhie Allen & Don Mendenhall Dr. Joseph Mims & Mrs. Libby Mims Ms. M. Carroll Myers Ms. Karen Nelsen Patricia C. Nevius, M.D. & Lewis Stogner Donald Nixon Bob & Mary Ann Olive Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pattillo Sam & Barbara Pettway

Barbara & Marty Pollock Ms. Urvi Shah Mr. Joe E. Ransom Mr. John D. Reynolds, Jr. Dr. Jerry Richman, DDS Carol Riggs Ms. Emile Risby A. J. Robinson & Nicole Ellerine Mr. John A. Sabine Mr. Scott C. Satterwhite Anonymous Mr. Brian Shepler Naponisha Sivad Steve & Claudia Smith Mr. Jeffrey Smith

Ann U. Abrams Mr. Bryan W. Adams Mr. K Adams Michael & Dawn Adamson Linda Aguebor Ms. Virginia Albert Ms. Toni Alexander Erick Allen Douglas Allen Jimi Allen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Allison Dorita & Hal Arnold Mike Bagley Brad Baker Shelley Baldwin Mr. Jason Barlow Mrs. Martha Bartlett Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Patty Beem Reese-Beisbier & McDonough, P.C. Denise Bell-Carter Cecelia Bellcross Ms. Beryl Farris Mr. Michael C. Berndt Geoff Bieger & John Altizer Mrs. Mignon S. Bigelow & Mr. James A. Bigelow Ms. Veronica Blose David Blumberg Ms. Dianna Boateng & Ms. Jennifer H. Boateng Mrs. & Dr. Elizabeth G. Borland Mrs. Alice Bostic Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bowen Ms. Brenda K. Boyd Mr. Keith Brooks Mr. Alan R. Brossoie & Mrs. Susan Kelso Brossoie

Marvin S. Brown Ms. Melisandre Browning Ms. Ariane Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bryant Dr. Carol T. Bush & Dr. Aubrey M. Bush Mr. Jason Bussey Leigh-Ann Campbell Ms. Mary C. Cannon Dr. & Mrs. Scott Carroll Joshua & Lauren Chandler Janis Chastain Natalie Childs Mr. & Mrs. Ralph D. Chriscoe Ms. Brenda Clements Boyd & Deidre Clines Ms. Melissa Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Cohen Mr. Daniel Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Colbert Thomas & Debra Coleman Mr. David Collins Joanna Colrain LPC Daniel Comerford Mrs. Anne S. Conkin Ms. Janet L. Cook & Mr. Franklin Bost David & Jean Cooper Linda & Dean Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cornell Elmer Cortez Tim Couch John Courtney & Pam Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Anna Crawford, Ph.D. & Barbara Thomason, Ph.D. Gray & Marge Crouse Ms. Christie Crowe Ms. Connie Cubitt

Ms. Christine Springer Ms. Susan Stainback Kristen Keirsey & William Stanhope Marilyn & Mickey Steinberg Mike & Donna Stevens Mr. Thomas D. Stone Maria-Ruth Storts Missy Swann Patricia E. Tate Mr. George M. Taylor Lowrie Taylor Mr. Johnie L. Teague Karyn Thomas Ms. Mary M. Tierney Mr. & Mrs. Chris Tuten

Youlanda Upkins Ms. Jeannie C. Wearn Richard & Carole Weil Larry & Melissa Weiss Ms. Dorethea Wentworth Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael West Sadie Whitmore Mrs. John W. Wilcox Mrs. Charlotte Wilen Virginia & Neal Williams Curtis Williams Dr. Jane Wilkor & Mr. Bruce Winston Mr. Dwight Woods William & Nancy Yang Charles A. Zuver

Stage Managers $150-$249 Mr. Andrew A. Cuomo Don Curdie Ms. Karissa Daniel James Daniel John Davis & Sheryl Myers Mr. James A. Davis Ms. Ginny Davy & Mr. Ken Lipscomb Dr. & Mrs. J. Robin De Andrade Mr. Michael Deen Ms. Diane Dempster & Mr. David Majchrzak Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dickert Michele Dock Dr. & Mrs. Earl Douglas Ms. Monica Douglas Ms. Cydnee Dubrof & Mr. Robert McDonough Mr. Dennis Duncan Mitch & Jane Durham Mr. Troy Duvall Mr. Robert Eby Ms. Maureen Egan Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Eidson Mr. A. James Elliott & Ms. Phyllis Marshburn Mr. & Mrs. James Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Jack Etheridge Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Mark & Martha Fair Lisa & Terry Fair Ms. Charlotte Fallon Ms. Trudy Farkas Mr & Mrs. Christopher Fender The Ferland Family Mr. Terry Finister John & Eleanor Finley Ms. Susan Finn Stella & Stan Firestone

Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek Jim & Nancy Fleming John & Lisa Fleming Steven Flynn Dr. & Mrs. John Ford Ms. Vicky Foster Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Fouts Ms. Jamezena Fowler Mr. Lee Francis Ms. Shan Franklin Ms. Louise B. Franklin Les Franks Ms. Sally Freedman & Mr. Jeff Geismar Steve & Peggy Freedman Homer S. French Anda Gadidov Michael Gannon Drs. Stephen & Marianne Garber Pat & Jerry Gardner Andrea M. Garmon, D.M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Garren, Jr. Ms. Kathy Gaultney Sarah Beth Gehl Dr. Lisa A. Gillespie Sander & Marina Gilman Mrs. Suzanne B. Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldberg Ms. Faith Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Golden Mark Goldman Ms. Sally Goss Mr. Ben Graham Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Green Renee Gregory Drs. Deborah & Arthur Griffiths Ms. Elizabeth Groft Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grossman Mr. Harry Guard

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Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.)

Mr. & Mrs. Morris N. Habif Mr. Danforth Hagler Jr. Ms. Janice W. Hall Kamillah & William Hallmon Scott Hampton Mr. James Hargett Ms. Lisa Harkleroad Naomi B. Harper Frank & Mary Hart Wilhelmina Hartsfield Lucas Hathaway Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Haynes Ms. Bonnie K. Hebb Amy Hemphill Ms. Abbie Henderson Elaine Hentschel Mrs. Ira C. Herbert Mr. Julio A. Hernandez & Mrs. Janet Stacey Hernandez Joan Hertz Ms. Suzanne M. Hewitt Mr. Chester L. Hicks Ms. Stephanie Hill Ms. Carol Hill Ms. Angela Hillie Judy Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Hoffmann Susan Maxwell & Mark Holladay Ms. Judy Horne Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hudson Mr. William Hughes Dr. Joseph L.A. Hughes Kathryn Huie Ms. Amy Humphreys Dr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Hurwitz Jocelyn Whitehead Jackson Joyce E. Jelks Bill & Cherri Jennings Ms. Alice Jermyn Stuart & Elizabeth Johnson Bucky & Janet Mr. Walton Jones Ms. Carol F. Jones Mrs. Rose Marie A. Jones Ms. Angel Jones Freddie Jones Valerie Jones Mr. Jeff Jones Anjo Jones Mrs. Suparna Joshi Linda Jung Ms. Erin Kasari Mr. Stephen R. Kasinetz Allene Kelley Ms. Linda Kelly Ms. Bonnie Kelly

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Ms. Diana K. Robbins Mr. Dale Roberts Kaaren D.A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Rodbell Carol Roekclein Barbara Rosekrans Vincent & Laura Rountree Jacob Rumney Ms. Clarelle R. Sauls Ken & Cindy Schick Ann & Marty Schneider Ms. Sandra Schoell Mary Schoerner Ms. Beverly Selby Mrs. Jamie Self & Mr. Andy Lord Anandi Sheth Milton Shlapak Jane Shumway Mashaun Simon Mr. Eric Singh David & Virginia Sjoquist Ms. Julie Skouteris Mr. & Mrs. Sam Sligar Mr. Stephen Sluder Ms. Lara Smith David Smith Ms. India Smith Princess Lindsay Smith Ms. & Mr. Elizabeth L. Southers Ms. Sharri Speer Mr. & Miss Richard Spellman Charles Spitler Mrs. John F. Staresinich Mr. Frank Stearns Mr. Howard Steinberg Ms. Tomekia Stodghill Ms. Leslie Strange Larry & Katrina Street Frank Strickland Ms. Regina Strong Mr. & Ms. Hubert Suber Ms. Linda Sutton Kenneth & Gwendolyn Syphoe Leslie Terek Rebecca Thornhill Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Thrasher Ronald & Kathy Tomajko Robert H. Truesdale Ms. Ann P. Turner Ms. Geri E. Turner & Mr. Jack Kelley Ms. Susan Turner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van de Planque Ms. Louisa Van Eepoel Ms. Marylee Van Keuren Mr. Ryan Van Meter

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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 March 1, 2010.

Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.)

Scott Vanek Fredy Vargas Stephanie Vaughn Mr. Robert Veal Mr. Sal Verenna Shawn Verrill The von Gal Family Mr. Andrew Vye Mollie M. Wainwright Gilbert & Genette Waldman Ken & Joy Walkington Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Wallace

Kimberly & Kevin Walther Chris Warfield Mr. & Mrs. Mark Warr Mr. Wayne Washer Mr. Johnnie Watson III Steve Harvey & Marie Weaver The Weil Family Kellee Wheat Mr. David White Ms. Vicki White Ms. Janet White Willie & Shirley Whitfield

Suzanne Whitworth Mrs. Elmira J. Williams Ms. Carol Williams & Ms. Ann Westbrook Ms. Paulette Williams Mr. Eric Williams Ms. Gina Wilson Mrs. Kristina L. Wilson WILWAU Ms. Deborah Wilson Penny Hamond-Wolk & Jerry Wolk

Sherry & Donn Wright Donald & Angela Wynn Mr. Gary Yates Mr. Cal Yonker Chris Yoon Ms. Debra Yoshimura Nancy Jean Young Brady Young Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban Dawn M. Zachariah Florence Zerbe John & Juli Zopf

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

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

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

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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

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alliance theatre staff Artistic

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, Kati Grace Morton, Michele Mummert, Sarah Onsager, Claire Ritzler, Mannie Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, 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

Development

Directors of Development.........Linda Selig, Lynda Walker Associate Director of Development................... Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager........................... Ann Wilson Annual Fund Coordinator....................... Rebecca Bowden Grants Manager....................................... Davia Weatherill

Finance

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

Marketing

Director of Marketing..................................... Virginia Vann Associate Director of Marketing......................... Joe Gfaller Marketing Coordinator......................... Andrea Gardenhire Graphic Designer...........................................Angela Smith Associate Director of Group Sales ......... Quidana Bosman Associate Director of Communications......... Robert Saxon Lead House Manager......................................... Shana Orr Marketing and Development Data Administrator.................................... Mary French Assistant Manager Subcriptions.................. Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents................. Ken McNeil, Jerry Hunter, Chad Martin Development/Marketing Volunteers.... Don Vann, Lynn Meyer Marketing Intern............................................... April Jones Graphics Intern............ 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, Joseph Lazzari Children’s Theatre Stage Manager...................... Liz Campbell TYA Stage Management Assistant...................Amy Radebaugh Charge Scenic Artist................................................ Kat Conley Scenic Artist........................................................... Phillip Male Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager..................................Scott Bowne Properties Crew Chief..................................................... Vincent Simons Properties Manager............................................. Robert Elliott Children’s Theatre Crew Chief............................. Deb Maberry Lead Properties Artisan.......................... Dana Hylton Calabro Properties Stagehand....................................Courtney O’Neill Properties Artisan............................................Suzanne Morris Flyman..................................................................Willie Parks Properties Buyer........................................ Heather Schroeder Production Management Production Manager..................................... Rixon Hammond

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

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restaurant Dining Guide Looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.

Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, IP–Inman Park, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, M­—Midtown, D–Downtown, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, V—Vinings, W–Westside

American Canoe Located in Atlanta’s historic Vinings area on the Chattahoochee River where Buckhead meets Vinings. Its original cuisine and distinctive design have already been featured in Bon Appetit, Food And Wine, Gourmet, The Wine Spectator and The New York Times. Canoe, recipient of the prestigious Mobil 4 Star Award, was also selected as one of the “Best New Restaurants” in the country by the James Beard Foundation.

4199 Paces Ferry Road SE, 770-432-2663, canoeatl.com. V (Re-opening late November) Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. DJ every Friday and Saturday night till 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404.841.2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. B Livingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across the street from the

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Fox at the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area, which is available in warm weather. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 800-651-2316, livingstonatlanta.com. M Lobby The menu focuses on seasonal fare at this sophisticated American restaurant in the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17 St., 404-961-7370, lobbyattwelve.com. M ONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-8924111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M Murphy’s This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great peoplewatching and its contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904, murphysvh.com. VH

Two Urban Licks “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks. com. M WaterHaven is an upscale casual restaurant, featuring contemporary American cuisine with local influences. The menu focuses on fresh homemade products with a farm-to-table philosophy utilizing local, organic and seasonal products, whenever possible. 75 5th St., 404214-6740, waterhavenatl.com. M

American/steakhouse Joey D’s Oakroom Near Perimeter Mall, this stylish steakhouse has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene.

1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. P New York Prime A Prime Time Top-10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world-class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-846-0644, centraarchy.com. B Prime Enjoy steak, sushi a nd seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Road, 404-255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404223-6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, D The Tavern at Phipps This is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite Magazine and the AOL City Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-814-9640, centraarchy. com. B

American/southern HomeRestaurant&Bar Farm-to-tableSoutherninspired cuisine is served nightly; half-price bottles of wine available every Sunday. 111 W. Paces Ferry Rd., 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B South City Kitchen (two locations) With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this

DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Sundays are BBQ Nite.

Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave. 404-873-7358, Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Pkwy. 770-435-0700. southcitykitchen.com. M Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures the pure simple flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678.651.2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B

brasserie Joël is a chic yet relaxed French restaurant that blends contemporary style with rustic flavors.

Responsible for one of Atlanta’s most acclaimed dining experiences, Chef Cyrille Holota guides the kitchen as executive chef, bringing his full-flavored brasserie concept to the menu. 3290 Northside Parkway, 404-233-3500, joelbrasserie.com. B

brew pub/gormet pub fare Gordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404870-0805, gordonbiersch.com. M Tap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404-347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

creole/cajun Parish New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar; a Nawlins-inspired brunch is served on the weekends.

Downstairs, a take-away market sells sand wiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com. IP

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european fusion Ecco Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

italian Il Mulino’s cuisine is characterized by its simplicity: a rustic and hearty blend of the freshest ingredients available, from fish and lamb and cured meats to homemade pecorino and ricotta, all lovingly and meticulously prepared to celebrate and enjoy with family, friends and even strangers.

Peachtree Tower: 191 Peachtree St. LOB 03, 404-524-5777, ilmulino.com/atlanta.html. D La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner in the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992 Virginia Ave., 404-873-5430, latavolatrattoria. com. VH Medici Tuscan cuisine served in the typical Tuscan spirit; flexible menu with Tuscan-rubbed steaks and a wide selection of antipasti, insalata e zuppes, pastas, hand tossed pizza and bistecches. 2450 Galleria Pkwy., 770-953-4500, renaissancewaverly.com. V

mediterranean ENO Atlanta’s true European Mediterranean inspired restaurant and wine bar, or “enoteca”, has come to epitomize European-Mediterranean quality of life in Atlanta. 800 Peachtree St., 404685-3191, enorestaurant.com. M

mediterranean/latin/asian fusion Shout A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop lounge hopping every night. The menu reflects a mix of Mediterranean, Far Eastern and South American influences. 1197 Peachtree St N.E., 404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M

MEXICAN Cantina Taqueria & Tequila Bar features authentic Mexican cuisine and has become Buckhead’s newest watering hole!. 3280 Peachtree

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Rd. NW, terminus 100 – suite 150, 404-892-9292, h2sr.com. B El Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave. NE, 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com. VH

moroccan The Imperial Fez offers authentic Moroccan cuisine in an exotic dining environment. Guests dine on pillows and enjoy savory food eaten by hand. It is a truly unique dining experience with nightly belly dancing performances and live music starting at 7:30 p.m. 2285 Peachtree Rd. NE, #102, 404-351-0870, imperialfez.com. B

seafood/sushi Goldfish This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials Mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-671-0100, h2sr.com. P

spanish/tapas Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

sports bar STATS A modern sports bar that doesn’t skimp on the quality of its food; five bars and multiple screens are at your service. 300 Marietta St., 404-885-1472, statsatl.com. D

steak/sushi Room This elegant restaurant serves steak and sushi on the ground floor of the TWELVE Centennial Park hotel. 400 W. Peachtree St., 404418-1250, roomattwelve.com. D Strip This sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404385-2005, h2sr.com. M Twist This lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, and sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served.

3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr. com. B