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One actor, 35 roles and many expectations exploded.

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& Endlessly Debated The facts of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s life.

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Sometimes, IS rocket thanks. Even it amongst thescience. deepest disasters and the hardest times, we celebrate. The Cratchits sit together at a table There’s this paradox in theatre. Performance at its very on Christmas Eve with barely enough food to taste. Scrooge’s best canmemories go wholly we’ll always know happiest areundetected. wrapped up inWhile celebration—particularly that Yo Yo Ma plays cello with mind-blowing and the Fezziwig party.

Fredthe proclaims the season the time skill, of “the year Chagall when men and women by one consent to open that wielded paint seem in superhuman fashion, the their truly shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen his gifted actor can appear utterly without artifice. And while the celebration. “anyone can do that” element of the theatre makes it the most and accessible art forms I said Maybedemocratic this is one reason Scrooge’sof story affects(and all ofyes, us. When we finally perhaps the can mostobscure humorless sour that, and see yes,Scrooge, I’m biased), it also theand profound character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up as technical prowess of our most gifted actors — which is why well. Okay, maybe we should all take some time to celebrate Ithe findgifts myself drawn moreus. to the craft-exposing this “tired old more world” and has given spectacle that is musical theatre. And why, as I was getting to know Eric Jordan Young I hope I haven’t ruinedhe thehad ending for man anybody.

If there is anyone reading this and he mentioned a one musical, I got real interested realwho fast.does not know the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrations of You our life!can — and I hope you will — read Eric’s bio and get some sense of what a

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A couple years back, I got the gift of working with Eric on another musical and watched in wonder as he exhausted a repertoire of vocal and choreographic options before settling on the one that felt right — for those eight bars of music. And then he built on Rosemary Newcott that, and built on that, and meticulously crafted a character with a physical, vocal and psychological language that was utterly true to text, to context and to our production.

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Sammy& Me

One actor, 35 roles and many expectations exploded by celise kalke

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n Sammy and Me, Eric Jordan Young plays 35 different parts, including a version of himself. All these people are chasing the idea of Sammy Davis, Jr. They ask questions about African-American performers of the past and the effect of their legacy on African-American performers today.

And they explore Sammy Davis, Jr.’s complicated cultural legacy. As the Alliance’s dramaturg, I had the pleasure of interviewing the show’s creators, director/writer Wendy Dann and actor/writer Eric Jordan Young. Here is an excerpt of that conversation. For the full Q&A, go to EncoreAtlanta.com.

This piece involves one actor playing 35 characters. How did you decide who got to be in the show?

Eric: It was very scary, actually. It’s a total marathon, and the 35 characters are so vivid and particular that I thought people would think I was being too ambitious. All in all, I wanted this to be a one-man musical because it’s Sammy Davis, Jr. [But] you can’t just get onstage and say “I’m gonna be Sammy!” You have to bring something along with it. I bring along my ability to showcase all of my talents, just as Sammy did. He was an entertainer who loved to do everything at the same time: sing, dance, act! Telling my story and celebrating his through a single energy illuminates the fact that he was the quintessential entertainer. He did it all.

Alone. He never hid behind someone

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else’s abilities. I thought it only fair and responsible to do the same.

I’ve heard you both talk about rolling up the rug in Eric’s New York apartment during the development of the show. Why was it so important to work on the bare floor?

Wendy: That makes me giggle. The first day we worked on this project, we literally did push back the sofa, the chair and roll up Eric’s (I think it was a really thick shaggy) carpet. I think it was important to us to be on a bare floor because we both started as dancers. So we started with circumstances (who, what, where, when) and improvised. For instance, the “Hey There” scene was one of the first scenes we “wrote’” by setting up: “It’s nighttime.

You’re watching Flip Wilson. Your mom wants you to go to bed. OK … go!”

Eric: In my everyday life, I tell stories through movement and characters, so it only made sense to embrace my storytelling style [in] the play. We went into the room knowing this, and instead of discouraging it by trying to act like writers, we found our own way: the bare floor.

How is writing different than directing/ acting? Would you write another piece?

Wendy: It’s so great. All those moments when you wish you could re-write the play, you can! We have a joke; whenever we hit a moment that’s awkward, we turn around and say: “Who wrote this? Get the playwright in the room!” When we collaborate on Sammy, Eric and I will often meet in person or on Skype (ah, technological advances) and talk about a certain problem in the play. We’ll just talk about it for a while, and I’ll take notes. Eric

does a lot of freewriting, and I often look through those notes and writings for juicy dramatic events to try out.

What is the hardest thing about having all those characters in the play but only one actor?

Wendy: Well, whenever you rehearse a one-person show there’s a moment the actor turns around in rehearsal and says, “... and then she’ll enter from over there. … Oh, wait, that’s me!” You have to pay pretty close attention. You have to learn what each character looks and sounds like. So, we work a lot in rehearsal on making those characters instantly recognizable, yet fully human and intentional.

Eric: I have no one to hang out with backstage. I get to the theatre some nights and I’m waiting for the cast to arrive until I realize it’s just me. Crazy! EnJoY! alliancetheatre.org

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Eric Jordan Young in

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Wendy Dann and Eric Jordan Young Set Design by Brian Sidney Bembridge Musical Direction by Tommy James

Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James

Lighting Design by Marcus Doshi

Production Stage Manager R. Lamar Williams

Sound Design by Joanna L. Staub Dramaturg Celise Kalke

Choreography by

Gerry McIntyre Directed by

Wendy Dann Sammy & Me was originally produced and conceived in the Jack Cullen New Musicals Series, MusicalFare Theatre Company, Inc. Buffalo, NY, Randall Kramer, Artistic Director January 11, 2006 in co-production with The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY, Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director, May 31, 2006.

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cast *Eric Jordan Young.....................................................................Me MUSICIANS George Grier..................................................................................... Bass Tommy James.................................................................................. Piano Scott von Ravensberg......................................................................Drums *R.Lamar Williams........................................................ Production Stage Manager Redd Horrocks......................................... Stage Management Production Assistant Nicole Tobolski.............................................................. Costume Design Assistant William Illg....................................................................... Assistant to the Director *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

There will be one 15-minute intermission

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 1 Where Or When Up Up and Away Hey There Shake Shake Shake Smile Darn Ya Smile I Want To Be With You There’s A Boat That’s Leavin’ I’ve Got You Under My Skin Act 2 Bye Bye Blackbird Too Close For Comfort Bim Bom Yes I Can I’ve Gotta Be Me Mr.Bojangles Mega Mix: That Old Black Magic; Candy Man; Birth of the Blues

Music credits *WHERE OR WHEN Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. (C) 1937 (RENEWED) WILLIAMSON MUSIC, INC. & CHAPPELL & CO. All rights reserved. Used by permission. This selection is used by special arrangement with the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, 1065 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10018. UP UP AND AWAY By Jimmy L. Webb. Published by EMI Sosaha Music, Inc and Jonathan Three Music Company. HEY THERE (from The Pajama Game) By Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Published by J&J Ross Co and Lakshmi Puja Music. SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE By Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick. Published by Alley Music and Trio Music Co, Inc. SMILE DARN YA SMILE (Jack Meskill, Charles O’Flynn, Rich Max) (C) 1931 (RENEWED) CHAPPELL & CO., INC. (ASCAP) AND SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Used by permission. I WANT TO BE WITH YOU (from the Broadway musical Golden Boy). By Charles Strouse and Lee Adams. Worldwide publishing by Charles Strouse Music (ASCAP). Helene Blue Musique Ltd. Administrator. All rights reserved. www.charlesstrouse. com. THERE’S A BOAT DAT’S LEAVIN’ SOON FOR NEW YORK (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward). (C) 1935 (RENEWED) DUBOSE AND DOROTHY HEYWARD MEMORIAL FUND PUB. (ASCAP), IRA GERSHWIN MUSIC (ASCAP) AND GEORGE GERSHWIN MUSIC (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP. All rights reserved. Used by permission. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter). WILLIAMSON MUSIC, INC. & CHAPPELL & CO. All rights reserved. Used by permission. BYE BYE BLACKBIRD By Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson. Copyright 1926 (Renewed 1953). Fred Ahlert Music Corporation o/b/o Olde Clover Leaf Music and Ray Henderson Music Corporation. International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT By Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss. Used by permission of Jerry Bock Enterprises, Abilene Music Inc., Quartet Music Inc, and Range Road Music. BEE-BOM By Les VanDyke (a/k/a John Worsley). Published by EMI Mills, Inc. YES I CAN (from the Broadway musical Golden Boy). By Charles Strouse and Lee Adams. Worldwide publishing by Charles Strouse Music (ASCAP). Helene Blue Musique Ltd. Administrator. All rights reserved. www.charlesstrouse.com. I’VE GOTTA BE ME (Walter Marks) (C) 1967 (RENEWED) WB MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. MR. BOJANGLES (Jerry Jeff Walker). (C) 1968 (RENEWED) COTILLION MUSIC INC. (BMI) AND MIJAC MUSIC (BMI). ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF MIJAC MUSIC ADMINISTERED BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. All rights reserved. Used by permission. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC By Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Published by Famous Music, LLC. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

CANDYMAN By Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly. Published by Taradam Music. THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G Desylva). (C) 1926 (RENEWED) WARNER BROS. INC., STEPHEN BALLENTINE MUSIC, AND RAY HENDERSON MUSIC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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profiles Eric Jordan Young (Performer/Co-Author) Mr. Young spent this summer performing in the brand new spectacle VEGAS! The Show in Las Vegas. His most recent credits include the 2010 Tony-nominated Broadway revival of the Kennedy Center’s Ragtime (Booker T. Washington), NYSF/ Public Theatres Neighbors (Zip Coon Crow), Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL (Herod) at the Alliance Theatre, and Rent (Tom Collins) at the Hangar Theatre. Eric appeared in Ahrens’ and Flaherty’s Dessa Rose (original cast recording) playing Kaine at Lincoln Center; Mr. Bojangles The Ultimate Entertainer and the Broadway companies of the Burt Bachrach/Hal David musical revue The Look of Love, Seussical the Musical (Wickersham Brother, original cast recording), Ragtime (’98/’99), and Chicago, playing the infamous lawyer Billy Flynn. Mr. Young received the Buffalo Artvoice Theatre Award for Outstanding Visiting Artist (2006) for his performance in Sammy & Me and was presented with the SALT (Syracuse Area Live Theatre) Award in 2007 for the Best New Original Production. Once In A Lifetime, his debut cd, is now available. www.ericjordonyoung.com.

Wendy Dann (Director/Co-Author) Regional Credits: Capital Repertory Theatre: No Child...; Syracuse Stage: Chesapeake; Hangar Theatre: 39 Steps, Betrayal, No Child..., Bad Dates, Sammy & Me, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, I Am My Own Wife, Cats, The Blue Room, Stones in His Pockets; Cider Mill Playhouse: Dancing at Lughnasa; MusicalFare Theatre: Sammy & Me; Kitchen Theatre: Nora, The Unexpected Man, Three Days of Rain, Chesapeake, The Soup Comes Last, and The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Currently in development: The Strangest Thing (full-length play) and The Girl Who Wanted to Be a Fish (screenplay). Member, SDC. Gerry McIntyre (Choreographer) Soon of A Mornin, off-bwy Lions Theatre; Once On This Island, Martin Beck Theatre, Virginia Stage, Actors Theatre Of Louisville, La Mirada Theatre (Robby and Drama Logue award for best director, Ovation nomination for choreography and best musical) Ain’t Misbehavin, Actors theatre; Chicago, Ogunquit Playhouse; Joseph....Dreamcoat, starring Diana DeGarmo and Anthony Federov, Lyric theatre; Bells are Ringing, Pasedena Playhouse; Anything Goes, Madrid Theatre. As a choreographer: Side

by Side, Berkshire Theatre Fest; A Saint Sher Ain’t, Westport Playhouse Laura Comstocks Bag Punching Dog (LA weekly nomination Best Choreography) TV: “Rosie O’Donnell Show,”

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“Designing Women,” “Major Dad,” “Golden Palace.” As a perfomer Bwy: Chicago, Once on This Island, Anything Goes, Uptown it’s Hot and Joseph....Dreamcoat a role for which he was one of three Americans chosen to be in the movie starring Donny Osmond. He is also in the award winning documentary After the Storm.

Brian Sidney Bembridge (Set Designer) Alliance Theater: Tennis in Nablus. Off-Broadway: Second Stage, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Theatre at St Clement’s. National Tours: Chicago Shakespeare. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwxqolf Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Second City, Court Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago Theater, Writers’ Theatre, Ravinia Music Festival, Timeline Theatre Company (Artistic Associate), Northlight Theatre, Next Theater, Famous Door Theater Company, Bailiwick Repertory, Live Bait Theater.

Regional: Guthrie Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Children’s Theatre Company, California Shakespeare, Two River Theater, Virginia Opera, Opera Omaha, The Arden Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory, Madison Repertory, Circle X Theater Company (Company Member). Honors: Five Joseph Jefferson Awards, five After Dark Awards including Outstanding Season, two LA Drama Critic Circle Awards, two Garland Awards and an LA Weekly Award. Mr. Bembridge was just named one of the five most prolific theater artists of the decade, Time Out Chicago. Film: Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce, Holding Out, MANFAST, Stray Dogs, Late for Church, Muppets from Space. B.F.A. from North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Design and Production. briansidneybembridge.com.

Toni-Leslie James (Costume Designer) Broadway credits: The Old Masters (Spring 2011), The Scottsboro Boys (Fall 2010), Finian’s Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party, Marie Christine, Footloose, The Tempest, Twilight … Los Angeles 1992, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam. Other venues, off-Broadway and regional: NY Stage & Film, The Guthrie Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater, The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Hartford Stage, Playwright’s Horizons, Circle Rep, The Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, Denver Theatre Center, The Long Wharf, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Houston Grand Opera, Berkley Rep., Seattle Rep, Center Stage, The Ford’s Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Mark

profiles Taper Forum, Goodman Theatre Co, Huntington Theatre Co, McCarter Theatre, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Ballet Hispanico. Ms. James has also designed internationally. Television: “Whoopi” for NBC, five specials for WNET/13’s “Great Performances,” “The Huey P. Newton Story” and “As The World Turns” (1995-1998).

Awards: The 2009 OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design, Tony nomination, three Drama Desk nominations, Hewes Design Award and two additional Hewes Nominations, the Connecticut Critics Circle Award, The FANY Award, Helen Hayes Award nomination, and The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award for Costume Design Excellence. Ms. James is Director of Costumes at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Marcus Doshi (Lighting Designer) Marcus designs scenery and lighting for theatre, opera and dance as well as collaborating with artists & architects on an array of non-performance ventures. Recent lighting designs in New York include Measure for Measure, Othello, (Lortel Nomination), & Hamlett (Drama Desk Nomination) for Tfana, A Boy and His Soul for the Vineyard, Things for Dry Hours for NYTW, Queens Bulivard (The Musical) & The First Breeze of Summer at the Signature. Elsewhere, Doshi provided the lighting for Elektra at Seattle Opera and the scenery & lighting for both Pamina Devi at Het Musiektheatre in Amsterdam and Where Elephants Weep in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Doshi also designed lighting for The New Group, Soho Rep, Joyce, Lincoln Center, Chicago Shakespeare, Seattle Rep, Portland Center Stage, Yale Rep, Hartford Stage Company, Virginia Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Greenwich Music Festival, Florentine Opera among others. Degrees from Wabash College and the Yale School of Drama.

Further Documentation at marcusdoshi.com.

Joanna Lynne Staub (Sound Designer) Joanna has served as a Sound Designer at Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYSF/The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, BAM, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Hangar Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, White Plains Performing Arts Center, National Black Theatre Festival, NYMF, SPF and NYC Fringe Festival.

She served as Associate Designer for Broadway shows Promises, Promises; Exit The King; The Seagull; and August: Osage County, as well as the First National Tour of Xanadu. Her audio engineering credits on Broadway include: Desire

Under The Elms, Les Miserables (’06 Revival), Is He Dead?; National Tours: Pippin (Goodspeed Musicals), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Saturday Night Fever and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She is a graduate of Ithaca College and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Tommy James (Music Director/Arranger) is a pianist, composer, arranger and music director, majored in composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Over the years has worked with an eclectic group of artists in many musical genres.

Among the outstanding artists and bands with whom he has performed andor recorded are The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Joe Williams, Maureen McGovern, Cleo Laine/John Dankworth, Eartha Kitt, Nell Carter, Roy Ayers, The Stylistics, Melba Moore, George McCrae, Stanely Turrentine, Billy Vera, The Spinners, and the Temptations. He has served as music director with the international tour of the Tonyaward winning musical Bring in ‘da Noise starring Savion Glover. He has also been musical director for Eartha Kitt, Doc Powell, Bobbi Humphrey, and others. Mr. James’ arrangements (some published by Warner Bros.) have been performed by the Ellington Orchestra, New York Pops, LA Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York’s The Supper Club and during the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon.

R. Lamar Williams (Production Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native. Rodney received his undergraduate training at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). His show experience at the Alliance Theatre includes Lookingglass Alice; Tennis in Nablus; The Second City: Peach Drop, Stop and Roll; Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL; Managing Maxine; August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Doubt; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Sleuth; the World Premiere of The Women of Brewster Place; the World Premiere of Sister Act the Musical; Steve Martin’s The Underpants; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; A Christmas Carol; The Color Purple; Pacific Overtures; and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. His most recent directing and assistant directing credits include SuzanLori Parks’ 365 days/365 plays with Lov’n It Live Theatricals; assistant directing Topdog/Underdog and King Hedley II with Kent Gash; Kings of the Dust (a reading) at The New Jomandi. Rodney is the production coordinator and music consultant for the Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project. Thank you Redd! J. Dawn 80 years or bust ... alliancetheatre.org

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profiles Jody Feldman (Associate Producer) has had responsibility for Alliance Theatre casting since 1992, casting well over 100 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 Kenny Leon’s 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. 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. Before moving to the Alliance she was the Director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York, curating four NEW WORK NOW reading series, working with writers including John Guare, Diana Son and Tracey Scott Wilson, and serving as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions.

She was featured in American Theatre as one of 25 American Theatre leaders of the future. adam zotovich is the President of New Vintage Theatricals, Ltd. Previous productions on Broadway, National Tour and London’s West End include: The Color Purple (Tony nomination), Legally Blonde, All My Sons starring John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes, A View From the Bridge starring Liev Schrieber and Scarlett Johansson (Tony nomination), THE ADDAMS FAMILY starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth and the Broadway premier of Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize winning classic Driving Miss Daisy starring James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines opening in New York this month. Upcoming projects include the first ever Broadway revival of EVITA starring Ricky Martin. Adam’s producing endeavors evolved from his successful stage career performing with Alvin Aliey American Dance Theater at NY’s City Center, on Broadway in such shows as Contact, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof and The Wedding Singer and

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in film and television in The Producers and HBO’s upcoming Boardwalk Empire.

Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz, Jr. 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, created local producing partnerships, overseen regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on 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 at theatres including 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 currently 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 directing credits include Class of 3000 LIVE; Goodnight Moon; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Go, Dog. Go!; Disney’s Aladdin; A Christmas Carol; Einstein is a Dummy; The Miracle Worker; Ferdinand the Bull; Merlin; The Music Lesson; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse; Pinocchio 3.5; Androcles and the Lion; A Woman Called Truth; Charlotte’s Web and the acclaimed high school Collision Project. Newcott has directed at Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Virginia Stage Company and Seaside Rep. Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best Director by The Atlanta JournalConstitution 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.

profiles Why this play?

After his star turn in 2009’s Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL as Herod (who could forget that purple suit?), the Alliance welcomed the chance to have Eric Jordan Young back in Atlanta using his incredible skills as a song and dance man to explore an icon of African-American entertainment, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Why Atlanta?

Audiences in Atlanta are very sophisticated when it comes to appreciating great music and great entertainers. The issues raised in Sammy and Me about African-American media personalities will resonate deeply. Atlantans know talent when they see it – and Eric Jordan Young is a considerable talent. So the Alliance wanted to bring Eric back to a city that would appreciate his accomplishment with this amazing tour-de-force one-man show.

Why now?

The Alliance wanted to kick start our Hertz season with glamour, Las Vegas style. Producing this play demonstrates our commitment to the most exciting new American work and also the Alliance’s exploration (from 5 Guys Named Moe and Jelly’s Last Jam through Sophisticated Ladies) of the foremost African-American musical entertainers. The Alliance also wanted to lend new play development skills and experiences to allowing Eric and Wendy to polish and refine this important and timely examination of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s artistic contribution to American culture.

About the Alliance Theatre Now in its 42nd season, Atlanta’s nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre, recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award® and a leading national theatre, creates the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people on two stages for youth and adult audiences. Under the leadership of the Jennings Hertz, Jr. 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 Alliance launched 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. And, in a rare event for a regional theatre, it originated the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Most recently, the Alliance transferred Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away to Broadway for a critically acclaimed Tony Award-nominated run. The theatre has premiered 60 works including adaptations of Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky. Further evidence of the Alliance’s commitment to new work is founding its nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, a cutting-edge program introducing student playwrights to professional networks while producing the world premiere of the winning student’s work. The Alliance Theatre also offers extensive education and outreach programs such as the Institute for Educators and the Collision Project for high school students.

The Alliance continuously brings Atlanta the finest talent and finest art—proving once again that the Alliance is where great theatre lives. 404.733.4650 or www.alliancetheatre.org The Alliance Theatre is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, which also includes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences. http://facebook.com/AllianceTheatre

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& Endlessly debated The facts of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s life by kathy janich

“The Entertainer. He did it all.” So reads the stone on Sammy Davis, Jr.’s grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park outside Los Angeles. And he did. Singer, dancer, child star, recording artist, actor, icon. Here are some of the highlights. For a more in-depth view, go to EncoreAtlanta.com.

1926 Born in Harlem on Dec. 8, 1925, he

and heavy drinking.

began his vaudeville career by performing with his father at age 3.

1970s With third wife, Altovise Gore,

1930s Began his film career with 1933’s Rufus Jones for President.

1940s Drafted at age 18. In entertainment regiment,discovered that dancing and singing could counter bigotry.

1950s Recorded the first of his 45+ albums. Headlined at the Frontier Casino in Las Vegas. Crashed his convertible on Nov. 19, 1954, losing his left eye and nearly his life. Converted to Judaism, because it “teaches justice for everyone.” Married black dancer Loray White in 1958, fueling speculation that mobsters forced him into the marriage to stop him from proposing to white actress Kim Novak.

1960s Married Swedish actress May Britt in 1960. Appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Boy. The “Rat Pack” of Sammy, plus pals Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford became equally famous for womanizing

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became the first African-American guests to stay at the White House.

1980s Received the NAACP Image Award. Honored by the Kennedy Center.

Gave last performance at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe in 1989, and began radiation treatment for cancer.

1990s Filmed last movie, The Kid Who Loved Christmas. Died on May 16, 1990.

The neon lights of the Las Vegas strip went dark for 10 minutes two days later, in his honor.

2000s Received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2001 and, in 2002, joined the Hall of Fame.

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

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

Dan Reardon Victoria Palefsky Howard L. Feinsand Steve Chaddick

Directors James L. Anderson Candace Bell Kenny Blank Sarah Robinson Borders Mark Callaway Frank S. Chew Alan Colberg Linda Davidson Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans A.D. Frazier Jay B. Goldman Patrick J. Gunning

Laura Hardman P. J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Rosthema Viener Kastin James Kilberg Jeff Levy Valarie Lischer Cynthia H. Maloy S. Alan McKnight, Jr. John Hays Mershon Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Richard S. Myrick

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

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

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

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

Advisory Board* Advisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer Madelyn Adams Judy Anderson Mark Bell Barry Berlin Veronica Biggins James Chambers Ron Clark Tony Conway Richard Cravey Sallie Daniel John Deushane Patti Dickey

Sally Dorsey Diane Durgin Charles Edwards Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D. Valerie Ferguson Lisa Greenberg Virginia Hepner Andrea Jones David Kuniansky Valerie Levy Constance Lewis Kristie Madara

Kent Matlock Penny McPhee Cynthia Moreland William Pate Monica Pearson Travis Reed Harrison Rohr Jack Sawyer Janece Shaffer Todd Tautfest Richard Western

*Committee still in formation. The members of the Advisory Board are prominent members of the local, state and national communities who serve as ambassadors for the Alliance in support of the artistic vision and mission of the theatre.

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

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

Kendeda Fund

U.S. Department of Education

Fulton County Arts Council Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

The Home Depot William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Zeist Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts North Highland Company Publix Super Markets Charities Rich Foundation Target

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) David, Helen & Marian Woodward Foundation The Vasser Wooley Foundation

Georgia Power John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation

Wachovia Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

Harry Norman Realtors Jones Day mediaedge: cia

Sharp Electronics SunTrust WXIA-TV

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

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

★★★★ $25,000+ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Callaway Foundation, Inc. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University Edgerton Foundation Georgia Pacific Foundation

★★ $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 2010-11 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 42. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 42 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation.

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

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sponsors turner broadcasting system, inc. is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities in which the company operates and its employees work and live. The arts is one focus area of Turner’s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown.

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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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★★★ $25,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Dan & Garnet Reardon Sally G. Tomlinson

★ $10,000-$14,999 The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Doug & Donna Curling Linda & Gene Davidson David & Carolyn Gould Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning

Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones John & Angie Keller Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Valerie & Jeff Levy 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 Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Joni Winston

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 P.J. Younglove Hovey Paul & Rosthema Kastin

Phil & Caroline Moïse John & Karen Spiegel

Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Michael & June Tompkins

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 Jay & Debbie Goldman Kathy Harris Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Phil Kent Phillip I. Kent Foundation Leslie Leigh M.D. Cynthia & Alan Maloy Melanie & S. Alan McKnight

James Anderson Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Matthew & Doris Geller

Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs. S. Stephen Selig, III Penn & Sally Wells

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999 Mark & Pam Bell Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Mr. Dick Dickson & Ms. Yin Lo

Charles & Carol Edwards James & Lori Kilberg Lubo Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen & Alex Stickney

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Madelyn R. Adams Southern States LLC Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Sarah & Jim Borders

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Frank & Mary Anne Chew John & Lucy Cook Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation

Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Rick & Leslie Fuess Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Booker & Birdie Izell

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 August 1, 2010

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jungers David L. Kuniansky TAYLAR Development & Associates Kristie L. Madara Jodi & Henry Niden Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey

William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Procore Solutions James Taylor Susan & Thomas Wardell Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer

John & Helen Parker Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Bill & Rhonda Rowland Tanya M. Rutledge Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Michele & Glenn Shear Charlotte & Tom Shields

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Elaine & Miles Alexander Kent & Diane Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Herb & Myrtice Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Ms. Ann B. Bishop Pamela Blackburn Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Ms. Susan A. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Stephen & Liz Carter In Memory of Mary A. Cipolla Mr. Dale Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Malon Courts Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Marc & Kelli Davenport Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Ralph & Ree Edwards Alan & Willa Fabian Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D. Clara Feldman Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin

Melanie & Richard Fine Andy Fisher & Cox Television Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Margie & Barry Goheen Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Jack K. Hale Rachel & Mike Hammer John & Simone Hanson Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation Joseph Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin Mr. Clay Jackson Richard & Marcia Jacobson Caroline John In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Linda Lively Tim & Jane Lundberg Dick Lyon M.C. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundation Chip Mann

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bronfman II Mr. Scott Dorfman & Ms. Susie Trotochaud Luxury Cars of Atlanta

Ms. Gail H. Evans Mr. Haydn W. Fusia Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Mr. Dwayne E. Greene Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Kay H. & Burke C. Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Millett June M. Morrison Joyce & Michael Natbony Judy Trotochaud & William Pate Bill & Carey Peard Monica K. Pearson Peg Petersen Susan & David Peterson Lynne Ragan & Jay Sampson Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Alice & Peter Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Emanuel & Peggy Roth Mr. Kevin D. Seaway Chip & Sharon Shirley Martin & Patricia Silbiger Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Sara & Paul Steinfeld Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Jackie Wallace Mr. Alex & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Mr. Michael A. Kahn Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Jim & Jo McLean Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ann Starr & Kent Nelson

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

Bob & Gail O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Bill & Bamby Ray Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin

Ms. Mary W. Rogers Brenda J. Smith C. Austin Stephens The Elster Foundation

Ms. Elizabeth Wallace Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang

Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Kristin Hathaway Hansen, Associate Director of Development, 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 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation Hon. Anne Cox Chambers UPS ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees Jones Day Foundation & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Equifax Inc. & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund

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Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Greene-Sawtell Foundation ★★★★★★★ $100,000+ AirTran Airways Bank of America Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation and Wachovia Bank, A Wells Fargo Company The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund ★★★★★★ $75,000+ Holder Construction Company The Home Depot Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Cisco Coca-Cola Enterprises Delta Air Lines ING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Primerica Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy GMT Capital Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. INVESCO PLC Norfolk Southern Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BDO Seidman, LLP Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. Crawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc. Eisner Family Foundation First Data Corporation Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific IBM Corporation Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole F. Lloyd Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc.

J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company Richard D. Shirk Southwire Company Spectrum Brands Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Waste Management Charitable Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands, Inc. AGCO Corporation Alix Partners Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Beaulieu Group, LLC The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Buck Consultants Capital Guardian Trust Company CB Richard Ellis Center Family Foundation Mrs. Bunny Center Mr. Charles Center

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Cousins Properties Incorporated Ann & Jeff Cramer DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exide Technologies Fifth Third Bank Ford & Harrison LLP John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Infor Global Solutions J. Mack Robinson Interests Jenny & Phil Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Kurt P. Kuehn Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Mohawk Industries, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Vicki R. Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe Frances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr.

Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation The Xerox Foundation Donor listing as of June 3, 2010

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alliance theatre staff Artistic Jennings Hertz, Jr. 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 Artistic Intern..............................................................................William Illg Literary Interns............................Alaina Jobe, Brittany Reagler-London 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 Education Manager..................................................... Christopher Moses Education Associate & Producer of Drama Camps ................................. Christina Dresser Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Assistant...........................................Padgett Ward Education Assistant..............................................................Rachel Jones Resident Teaching Artists........... Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valletta Anderson Teaching Artists..................................Corey Bradberry, Enisha Brewster, Amy Cain, Clare Jaehn, John Doyle, Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Charlotte House, John Jaramillo, Bernard Jones, Rachel Jones, Leeanna Lambert, Edwin Link, Berry Stewart Mann, Nancy Meyer, Michele Mummert, Sarah Onsager, Mannie Rivers, Ambo Ndem Tazanu, Jeanene Williams, Padgett Ward, Allison Upshaw

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