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Meet Ken Lin. Ken’s one of those crazy-smart young things who could work in absolutely any medium, but — lucky for us — decided he wanted to say what he had to say in the world of theatre. We first met Ken when his political thriller “…said, Said” won our National Graduate Playwriting Competition’s second season. It was a work of astonishing ambition and intersecting stories of family, history and politics. We loved producing the play, and had the very strong feeling that here was a writer that would be making a mark on the American Theatre.

I love it when we’re right.

If you flip a few pages into your program, you’ll come across Ken’s biography.

You’ll wonder how many decades he’s been in the field to have those kinds of credits. And then you’ll do the math on what a short period of time he’s actually been doing this, and you’ll be gobsmacked. But even better than the reading and the math I just suggested you do, how about this? How about you lean into a play called Warrior Class — a play The New York Times called “an incisive work of crackling authenticity” — and welcome its author back to Atlanta?

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In ‘Warrior Class,’ playwright Kenneth Lin exposes those back-room machinations

By Kathy Janich In 2007, The Dramatist magazine named playwright Kenneth Lin one of “50 to Watch.” So far, he hasn’t disappointed.

The New York-based Lin, now in his mid- 30s, married and the father of a toddler son, is one of the most widely produced Asian-American playwrights in the country. At the moment, he has four plays in some stage of development, is creating a new limited series “American Way” for USA Networks and is a staff writer on Netflix’s “House of Cards,” starring Kevin Spacey.

His ”…said, Said,” you might recall, received its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in 2006, as winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition.

With Warrior Class, he returns to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that groundbreaking program, which helps graduate school playwrights move from academia into the real world.

“Ken is not only a great storyteller,” says Mark Bly, Lin’s mentor and

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one-time instructor at the Yale School of Drama. “He tackles subjects that challenge us as artists and audience members. He creates rigorous stories for the stage that raise questions about our responsibilities as human beings to our fellow human beings.”

Warrior Class, which follows the surging political career of a young ChineseAmerican lawmaker with Obama-like magnetism, debuted in July 2012 at off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre.

Critics called it “taut” and “provocative,” “smart, tight and topical.” Even The New York Times liked it. A lot.

Lin himself says, “I’m interested in politics in terms of how an ethical society is engineered.” By email, he shared a few other insights: Question: Where did the idea for this play come from?

Answer: I began writing Warrior Class when I noticed an interesting phenomenon within myself. Whenever

Opposite: the New York State Capitol building in Albany, NY; above, inside the New York State Assembly.

I heard a news report about a gunman that went on a mass rampage, a little part of myself worried that the shooter would be a young man of Asian descent.

This scared the hell out of me, and I promised myself to always tell stories about what terrifies me to the core.

Q: Why this story? Why now?

A: America is changing, demographically, at a lightning pace.

There are more languages spoken here than have ever been spoken before. Crowds looks different. Media looks different. We are stretching and growing as a nation. Length comes with pain. Let’s talk about it.

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Q: How did your interest in politics start?

A: I am interested in people. There’s people micro, and people macro. Politics is people macro. Power, lust, seduction is people micro. Fold it together and good things happen onstage that talk about who we are individually, and who we are as a people.

Q: What common thread, or idea, that runs through your plays?

A: In looking at my body of work, I find

myself talking a lot about confinement or ensnarement. ”…said, Said,” is partially set in a prison; Po Boy Tango is about a man who can only bear to see his mother through a television screen; Intelligence-Slave is set in a prison; Fallow traces a journey on the way to see someone in a prison; Warrior Class is about the complicated philosophical, intellectual and personal ensnarements that are involved in a political career.

Q: What does Ken Lin bring to a play that another playwright might not?

A: I am a child of immigrants who ferociously trekked throughout the world, surviving political strife to come to America. I like a good fight, and I especially like them when there are serious stakes involved. I’m from a restaurant family, so I have a pathological need to feed you.

Hopefully, it doesn’t taste like anything you’re accustomed to being served.

For more insight into Kenneth Lin’s work, read a longer version of this story on the Encore Atlanta website at www.encoreatlanta.com.

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KENNETH LIN Set Design

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MIMI LIEN

SYDNEY ROBERTS

MATTHEW RICHARDS

KENDALL SIMPSON

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JON GOLDSTEIN

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Baltimore, MD and Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, NY CAST * Clayton Landey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Berkshire * Moses Villarama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julius Weishan Lee Carrie Walrond Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Lillian Eames UNDERSTUDIES Timothy Harland — Julian Weishan Lee Matthew Lewis — Nathan Berkshire Morgan Pelligrino — Holly Lillian Eames PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANTS Ryan Oliveti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directing Assistant Tia Herrod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Stage Manager Assistant

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CARRIE WALROND HOOD

CLAYTON LANDEY

MOSES VILLARAMA

TIMOTHY HARLAND

MATTHEW LEWIS

MORGAN PELLIGRINO

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profiles CLAYTON LANDEY (Nathan Berkshire) is overjoyed to be back at the Alliance Theatre after a brief absence of 35 years. Last seen locally in Little Foxes at Theater in the Square. After 40 plays, 40 films, 150 TV episodes and 85 commercials, Clayton stopped counting. Drama-Logue Award, LA Weekly Award, Maddy, Garland Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination: Luther Adler World/LA premiere of Names. Drama-Logue for producing Andrea’s Got 2 Boyfriends. Norma Rae, Clayton’s first feature film, was named in 2011 to the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Venice (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Cannes (She’s So Lovely), Sundance (Shadow Hours). Recent: Footloose, Trouble With the Curve. Starred in “1st and Ten”, the first original comedy series for HBO. Recurring roles in eight other TV series including “Drop Dead Diva,” “Necessary Roughness,” three seasons “Knots Landing,” one year “Days of Our Lives.” Board member Atlanta SAG-AFTRA. Chair, Muriel Moore/Danny Nelson SAG-AFTRA Conservatory. I love you my BW. MOSES VILLARAMA (Julius Weishan Lee) is making his Alliance Theatre debut.

His regional credits include King Lear, Amadeus, The Ladies of the Camellias, A Christmas Carol and 1001 at the Denver Center; Fornicated From the Beatles at the A.R.T. Emerging America Festival; and Arabian Nights at Kansas City Rep. Moses lives in New York, where he has appeared in Prison Dancer (NYMF Outstanding Ensemble Award), 167 Tongues, Lifetime Fairytale, Romeo & Juliet and Henry VI, Part 3. He has performed at Signature Theatre, Lark Play Development Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Magic Theatre in San Francisco. He received an M.F.A. in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory. Many thanks to his wife and best friend, Amy, and to his agents, Barry Katz and Dulcina Eisen.

CARRIE WALROND HOOD (Holly Lillian Eames) is excited to be back at the Alliance after understudying two roles in Bike America last season. Past Atlanta stage credits include No Exit (Estelle), Unnecessary Farce (Karen), Fuddy Meers (Claire) and The Underpants (Louise). Carrie has acted in a number of regional and national commercials. Recent TV/film credits include Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” and “Witches of East End,” as well as the role of Principal Walters in Tyler Perry’s soon-to-be-released film, Single Mom’s Club. Carrie is a producer and director of video content for The reThink Group. Lots of love to her two favorite guys ... her husband, Ryan, and their 2-year old son, Porter.

TIMOTHY HARLAND (US Julius Weishan Lee) is a recent graduate of Emory’s Theater Studies program and excited to make his debut at the Alliance Theatre.

Atlanta: Hidden Away (The Lucky Penny), Waiting for Godot (Independent), Mistero Buffo (Theater Emory), Lieutenant of Inishmore (Theater Emory), You Can’t Take It With You (Theater Emory), Hominid (Theater Emory/Out of Hand).

MATTHEW LEWIS (US Nathan Berkshire) is pleased to be working with the Alliance for the first time. Off-Broadway: Hell: Paradise Found (59E59). Regional: The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, Camelot (Texas Shakespeare Festival). Atlanta: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, Great Expectations (Georgia Ensemble); Urinetown, Assassins (Fabrefaction); Cannibal! The Musical (Dad’s Garage). Matt received his M.F.A. in acting from the University of Alabama and a B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Kennesaw State University. www.mattlewisactor.com

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profiles MORGAN PELLIGRINO (US Holly Lillian Eames) was last seen playing Nora in Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre’s comedy Assistance. Other credits include Cécile Volanges/Dangerous Liaisons, Hero/Much Ado About Nothing, Perfect Love/ The Arabian Nights. She has co-starred in an episode of “The Vampire Diaries.”

You can also catch her performing improv at various venues around town with her group The Janiteers. Morgan graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in theatre and mass media arts. She is currently beginning her own handmade craft and jewelry business called Moon Penny. Morgan would like to thank the Alliance for bringing her on board for this production.

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KENNETH LIN (Playwright) Mr. Lin’s plays Warrior Class (TCG Edgerton New Play Prize), Fallow (Barrymore nomination: Outstanding New Play, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award), Intelligence-Slave, Po Boy Tango, (TCG Edgerton New Play Prize), said Saïd (Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition winner, L. Arnold Weissberger Award, Princess Grace Award), Life on Paper, Agency* and Genius in Love have been performed at theatres throughout the world, at the Alliance, Second Stage Theatre Company, BBC Radio 4, Northlight Theatre Company, Alley, People’s Light and Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Marin Theater Company and East West Players, and other venues. He is a writer on the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “House of Cards.” Education: Cornell University, Fulbright, Yale School of Drama.

ERIC TING (Director) Alliance Theatre debut. Recent credits: Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We Are Proud to Present … (Soho Rep), for which he received a 2013 Obie Award for Direction; Clybourne Park (Long Wharf); Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam (BAM Next Wave). As associate artistic director at Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, Conn.), Ting has directed multiple world premieres, adaptations and revivals, including Agnes Under the Big Top by Aditi Brennan Kapil and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man & the Sea. Other Long Wharf credits: The Bluest Eye (with Hartford Stage); Underneath the Lintel (Conn. Critics Circle awards for best play and best direction); and his Vietnam War-era adaptation of Macbeth. Upcoming: Rising Son (Singapore Rep), Kristoffer Diaz’s The Upstairs Concierge (Goodman), 4000 Miles (Long Wharf). Ting is a founding member of the artists’ collective INTELLIGENT BEASTS and a recipient of a 2012 MAP Fund Award for the development of motherland/foreign relations by Meiyin Wang.

MIMI LIEN (Set Designer) is a designer of sets and environments for theater, dance and opera. Having arrived at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Civilians. Previously at the Alliance: In the Red and Brown Water. Recent work includes Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, The Dance and the

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profiles Railroad (Signature), Luck of the Irish (Lincoln Center), Zero Cost House (Pig Iron). Regionally, her work has been presented at Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., Wilma Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage and Playmakers Rep, among others. She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow and a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program, a Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, a Hewes Design Award nomination, Bay Area Critics Circle nomination and an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Alliance Theatre: Next to Normal, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Spoon Lake Blues and 13 years of designing Theatre for Youth and Families (TYF) productions with Rosemary Newcott. Atlanta: Georgia Shakespeare (associate artist), True Colors Theatre Company, Theatre Emory, Actor’s Express, Theatrical Outfit, Horizon Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre. Regional: Geva Theatre (N.Y.), Red Mountain Theatre (Ala.), Portland Center Stage (Ore.), Swallowtale Dance (Tenn.). Sydney held a position at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for 32 years but is very happy to be retired and working full time out of Atlanta! She is a member of USA-829. www.sydneyrobertscostumedesign.com MATTHEW RICHARDS (Lighting Designer) Alliance Theatre: Bike America. Broadway: Ann. Off-Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company; Brooklyn Academy of Music; EST; Lincoln Center; The Play Company; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; MCC; Rattlestick; Second Stage; Theatreworks USA. Regional: the Alley; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Arena Stage; Baltimore’s Center Stage; Bay Street; Cincinnati Playhouse; Cleveland Playhouse; Dallas Theater Center; Ford’s Theatre; the Goodman; Hartford Stage; the Huntington; the Old Globe; Shakespeare Theatre; Westport Playhouse; Williamstown Theatre Festival; Yale Repertory Theatre. Education: University of Massachusetts, and the Yale School of Drama. matthewrichardsdesign.com.

KENDALL SIMPSON (Sound Designer) has designed and composed original scores for Atlanta theatres including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. Working in film, Simpson scored The Promotion (2011). Other independent films include The Etiquette Man, which received top honors at several film festivals. Television credits include scores for “Sesame Street” and Elmo DVDs. Simpson’s most recent work for dance is the video Transit, which premiered at the 2012 American Dance Festival.

Other works include Papillon, premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Lee Harper and Dancers. Simpson is honored to have won three Suzi Bass awards. He serves as music director of the Emory Dance program.

CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg on a play by Ken Lin, and thrilled to have Warrior Class be part of the 10th Anniversary Alliance/Kendeda Competition season. Competition world premieres at the Alliance include these critically acclaimed and exciting productions: Bike America, Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds. Both Bike America and Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls are receiving important 2nd and 3rd productions this season. Before moving to the Alliance, Kalke was the Director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York, and serving as the production

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profiles dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions. At the Public she worked with many well known actors including Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Smits, Peter Dinklage and Rosie Perez. She was an Artistic Associate at Next Theatre and the Resident Dramaturg for Court Theatre in Chicago.

JON GOLDSTEIN (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled and grateful to be working on his second Alliance Theatre production, recently being introduced/ initiated as a stagehand for Choir Boy. An Atlanta native, Jon has been a longtime fan of the Alliance having been involved in the Atlanta theatre community for more than 30 years. An Equity member since 1993, he has stage managed more than 150 productions with various Atlanta theatres including serving as resident stage manager and administrator for Theatrical Outfit (seven years) and ART Station (20 years). Jon thanks his family, Eric and the boys for their love and support. Thank you for supporting live theatre and all of the arts.

JODY FELDMAN (Associate Producer) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, Jody has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions including a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shafer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition winning plays, as well as world and regional premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Zorro. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and has overseen regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theatres including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is the past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field), is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York and is a trustee of Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan.booth@woodruffcenter.org

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The Hertz Stage this season is home to an epic conflagration of imagination, talent and original voices. The four-show lineup introduces Atlanta audiences to new work by some of America’s brightest young playwrights — three old friends and one new one.

Together we’re celebrating a milestone for the Alliance/Kendeda National Playwriting Competition, an idea that took root 10 years ago and has grown stronger and more vibrant than we could ever have imagined. This oneof-a-kind national competition helps student playwrights in the country’s leading graduate programs make the transition to professional theatre.

We happily introduce you to 2014 winner Madhuri Shekar, from the University of Southern California, and welcome back Tarell Alvin McCraney (In the Red and Brown Water, 2008), Kenneth Lin (…,” said Said, 2006) and Meg Miroshnik (The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, 2012).

Each is sharing a new piece with us. Alliance audiences have already seen McCraney’s Choir Boy, a coming-of-age story about a charismatic boy at an all-boys private prep school for African-Americans. McCraney’s work has been across the country and in London and, in September, he was awarded a prestigious MacArthur “genius” grant. The rest of the lineup: Warrior Class. Through Nov. 17. Lin’s critically acclaimed political thriller features an Asian-American candidate who’s being groomed for a big Republican race — unless an ex-girlfriend gets in his way. Lin have become one of the most widely commissioned and produced Asian-American writers in the country.

In Love and Warcraft. Jan. 31-Feb. 23, 2014. Evie, a master of relationships, is the focal point in Shekar’s world premiere. She has a waiting list of classmates willing to pay her top dollar to fix their relationships. How does she do it? By using the skills and tactics she learned playing World of Warcraft.

The Tall Girls. March 7-30, 2014. Sometimes basketball is the only way out. Even for a girl. Even in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. When a mysterious man gets off the train in Poor Prairie, a few things are clear. He’s teaching at the high school, he knows the game and he has the only inflated basketball in town. Another world premiere from Miroshnik.

These writers are among 50 extraordinary artists to have come through the Kendeda program, which, this season includes 12 readings/workshops by other alumni. Experiences have already included an exciting portrait of a drag family hosted by the Jungle and a reading of a play about dementia that brought together Atlanta’s caregiving community. Please email celise.kalke@woodruffcenter.org or check alliancetheatre.org for details.

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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become the leading theatre of the Southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse audiences.

The Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. Reaching more than 200,000 patrons annually, the Alliance delivers programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Alliance received the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award in recognition of excellence.

The Alliance, known for its artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, has premiered more than 70 original productions including Tony winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

It has a reputation for developing important American musicals with a track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act, Come Fly Away, Bring It On and the U.S. premiere of Zorro, with music by the Gipsy Kings. The Alliance nurtures the careers of playwrights through its Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing a premiere for the winner and national networking opportunities for four finalists.

The Acting Program and Education Department reaches nearly 50,000 students annually through performances, classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives. The Alliance creates and produces plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project, where high school artists create and perform new work based on a classic text, to Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive shows for infants and toddlers. The Alliance offers community education classes for all ages and levels of theatre interest, and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development.

Active in Georgia classrooms, the Alliance has developed programs using theatre techniques to help students learn through storytelling and problem-solving. The Alliance’s Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists equips teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These programs include GA Wolf Trap, which focuses on literacy skills for children in Pre-K – 2nd grade, and Dramaturgy K-12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences. Twice recognized by the U.S. Education Department as leaders in arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access.

The Alliance delivers the finest talent, art and educational opportunities for Atlanta audiences — proving once again that this is where great theatre lives. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650

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Chicago newspaperman and humorist Peter Finley Dunne graduated last in his high school class, but that didn’t stop him from coining one of the bestknown phrases about American politics: “Politics ain’t bean bag,” Dunne wrote sometime in the 1890s.

Now in 2013 we have Warrior Class, Kenneth Lin’s modern-day political cautionary tale to confirm Dunne’s observation. Lin has created a scenario where nothing is as it seems, no motives are pure, and there are no good guys for whom to cheer. It’s a world of sharp elbows and back-room maneuvering. And to a guy who covered American politics for more than 20 years, it feels pretty damned real. Politics indeed ain’t bean bag ... and the characters in Warrior Class are pitching hardballs high and inside.

Bill Nigut, 30-year Alliance Theatre patron

SYNOPSIS

Warrior Class centers on Julius Weishan Lee, a New York assemblyman who’s been dubbed “The Republican Obama.” Lee, the son of Chinese immigrants and a decorated war veteran, seems to have a limitless political career ahead of him. But when someone from his past threatens to reveal a college transgression, he must decide how far he’ll go to keep the incident out of the public eye. Whatever his decision, the consequences may be costly.

Do you appreciate live theatre, enjoy meeting new people and trying new things?

If so, then get involved with one of the largest volunteer forces in the arts. The Alliance Theatre volunteer STARS program offers a wide range of opportunities, which includes advocating for live theatre, ushering for Alliance productions, participating in and staffing fundraising & hospitality events, and assisting Alliance staff members with daily office tasks. STARS is composed of four separate organizations working together on fund-saving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The four volunteer groups are the Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild, Alliance Theatre Guild, the Direct Volunteers and the Usher Corps.

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

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board of directors Officers

Chair: Vice Chair: Immediate Past Chair: Treasurer:

Victoria Palefsky Reade Fahs Dan Reardon Steve Chaddick

Directors Kristin R. Adams James Anderson Lynn Ayers Kenny Blank Philippa Ellis Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Howard Feinsand Molly Fuller Richard Goerss Andrew Golde, M.D. Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner Lila Hertz Jocelyn Hunter Rosthema Kastin

John Keller Lauren Kiefer James Kilberg William F. Kimble Jeff Levy Cynthia Maloy Alan McKeon Carol Meadows Hala Moddelmog Phil Moise Maureen Morrison Scarlet Pressley-Brown Helen Smith Price Patty Reid Maurice Rosenbaum Bill Rowland

Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer Linda Davidson

George Goodwin Laura Hardman Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein

Life Directors

Steve Selig Pam Sessions Frank Ski Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel John Strom Chuck Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Rebekah Wasserman Cynthia Widner Wall Peter Weitzner Jill Wilson P.J. Younglove Hovey Todd Zeldin

Bob Reiser Debbie Shelton Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Connie Austin Terri Bagen Michael Barrett Candace Bell Mark Bell Veronica Biggins Melanie Boltax Erin Brown Stephen Brown Donna Burchfield Catharine Burkett Susan Callaway Imara Canady Sona Chambers Tony Conway Jackie Cushman Sallie Daniel Debbie Dermer

John Deushane Sally Dorsey Enid Draluck Cydnee Dubrof Diane Durgin Robert Eckardt Kathryn Farley, Ph.D. Donna Fitzmaurice Cindy Fowler Kevin Glass Patrice Greer Michael Harper Heather Vincent Holley Rita Izaguirre Stacii Jae Johnson Andrea Jones David Kuniansky Constance Lewis Kristie Madara Rosemary Magee

Juanita Markwalter Philip McAdoo Reese McCranie Alan McKnight, Jr. Penelope McPhee Dori Miller Mary Moore Starr Moore Cynthia M. Moreland Bill Nigut Kathryn Richard Georgia Schley Ritchie Candace Rodriguez Bobby Rosenbloum Jack Sawyer Chris Schneider Alan Schreihofer Sonny Seals The Honorable Leah Ward Sears

Volunteer Leadership

President, STARS: President, Alliance Theatre Guild: President, Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild:

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

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

The Kendeda Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

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

The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award Fulton County Arts & Culture Hearst Foundations

The Home Depot North Highland Company The Rich Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ AT&T Atlanta Foundation Carter’s Inc. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Target David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund Wal-Mart Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ Aon Bryan Cave Cartoon Network Connolly Family Foundation Duke Realty Georgia Council for the Arts

Georgia-Pacific Foundation Georgia Power Charles Loridans Foundation Impact Creativity/NCTF Jones Day Newell Rubbermaid

State Bank Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

Greenberg Traurig, LLP JP Morgan

The Japan Foundation Plum Creek

Equifax National Vision

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By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2013-14 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 45. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 45 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 VOICES 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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Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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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

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

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annual fund Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston

$35,000+

$5,000 - $7,499

Barbara & Steve Chaddick James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Sally G. Tomlinson

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mrs. Kristin Adams James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Bill & Peg Balzer Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Frank & Mary Anne Chew Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Doug & Donna Curling Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Erin & John Heyman Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation David L. Kuniansky Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Dedi & Julian Mohr Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Ms. Scarlett Pressley-Brown & Mr. Wendell Brown Hugh & Susanne Ripps Bill & Rhonda Rowland Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Bruce Westbrook

$50,000+

$25,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Dan & Garnet Reardon Joni Winston $10,000+ The Balloun Family Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ansley & Mark Callaway Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson Diane & Daryl Evans Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz John & Angie Keller Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin $7,500 - $9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Andrea & Boland Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin

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$2,500 - $4,999 Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Judy M. Anderson Ellen Arnovitz Balfour Beatty Construction Leslie Bassett & Family Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Russell & Sandra Dawson Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Eierman Foundation Philippa & Burrell Ellis The Elster Foundation John & Cindy Ethridge Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Mrs. Carrie G. Hall John & Simone Hanson

Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Dr. & Mrs. John A. Johnson Leslie Leigh M.D. Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Mattingly Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Carol & Dart Meadows Nancy & Mike Millett Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Morgens West Foundation Kathleen Nixon & Gregory Berkey Susan & David Peterson Jared Ripps David & Sharon Schachter Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Oronda M. Smith Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats TAYLAR Development Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts Jim & Janie Stratigos Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Tull Charitable Foundation Kimberly & Kevin Walther Susan & Tom Wardell Janice M. Warner Penn & Sally Wells Joan N. Whitcomb John & Kathy Zamer $1,500 - $2,499 Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Elaine & Miles Alexander Jeff & Belinda Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Rita & Ted Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William Andrade Mary Allen Arnold JW Ayers Plumbing, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Bacheller, Jr. Elizabeth & John Bacon James & Therese Bailey Mr. Mrs. Michael Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Basaraba Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. Mark Blumenthal George H. Boulineau Ginny & Charles Brewer

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of September 1, 2013.

Sara & Alex Brown Stephen Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Mark & Ruth Coan Tim D. Couch Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Mr. & Mrs. Adams Daniel Julia & AndrĂŠ Demetrius Mr. & Mrs. James C. Edenfield Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Ralph & Ree Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Fantastic Finds & Fantastic Finds For Him Michael & Jody Feldman Andrew & Wendie Fisher Mike Flueckinger Viki & Paul Freeman Heidi & David Geller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Patrice & Earnest Greer Mrs. Kristin Hathaway Hanesn & Norman Hansen Dr. Steven & Marnie Harris Joan & David Herskovits Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson Robert A. Jetmundsen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Lucy Kinnaird Dr. Shirley Williams-Kirksey Dr. William A. Kiser Steven & Sheri Labovitz Lanier-Goodman Foundation J. Bancroft Lesesne Julie & Billy Levine Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund LTC. (Ret) Eugene Martin The McGee Group

Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell June M. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. Kathy Pais John & Helen Parker Monica W. Parker Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Edwin Perkins & Elicia Scaife Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Karen Porch Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Kathryn & John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg The Honorable Leah W. Sears & Mr. Haskell Ward Mr. Scott Shickler Martin & Patricia Silbiger A. Boyd Simpson & Melody Mann-Simpson Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Susan & Alan Stiefel Michelle Sutter Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor The Tolson Firm Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Van Laar Skin Care Ms. Ann Westbrook J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Jeannie Wynn $1,000 - $1,499 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Barrett Mr. Donald Bonar

& Mr. Elmer Langham David H. & Christine T. Cofrin In Memory of George Mason Coleman Terry & Sharon Culp Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. Michael DePinto Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Mr. & Mrs. John Deushane Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Karen & David Dorton Enid & Jerry Draluck The Galloway Foundation in honor of Dr. Andrew Golde Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee Sherry & Isaac Habif Valerie Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hayler Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Gary C. & Carolyn A. Lovett William McDaniel Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Ms. Del Podsiadlo Ms. Rebecca J. Reeves Kevin Ruhl Gary, Cannon, Frankie & Trey Sayers Sharon & Chip Shirley Philip Slaughter Susan & Jay Smith Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Bob Sullivan Elizabeth Wallace & Chris Scislowicz Melody Wilder Wilson Lynne Winship Holly & Marty York The Zaban Foundation Lynn T. Zappone * Deceased

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annual fund 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, contact Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at 404.733.4710 or maya.robinson@woodruffcenter.org Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ezra Cohen 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 American Honda Motor Co. AIG Corporation Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & 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 Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Microsoft Corporation NDCHealth Norfolk Southern Corporation Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

alliance theatre staff Artistic

Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Community Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Artistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Artistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Linn, Levi Jelks Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kelly

Education

Director of Educational Programs . . . . . Christopher Moses Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Mummert Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Education Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator . . . . . . Olivia Aston Resident Artist in Education . . . . . . . . . Patrick McColery Resident Teaching Artists . . . . . Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran, Valetta Anderson Teen Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Project Coordinator, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Alice Nichols Education Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . . J. Noble Teaching Artists . . . . . Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Olivia Aston, Sharon Brewer, Katie Grace Brown, Daniel Brown, Kristin Calvert, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Jessica De Maria, John Doyle, Sharon Foote, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Garrett Gray, Terry Guest, Holly Godwin, Al Hamacher, Amy Handler, Michele Hazard, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Bryan Mercer, Marcie Millard Tracy V. Moore, Claire Ritzler, Diany Rodriquez, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Michael Stiggers, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Davia Weatherill, Elizabeth Wexler

Production Management

Administration/Finance

Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Thruston Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Bradford

Development

Director of Development . . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Corporate Relations Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Smith Major Contributions Manager . . . . . . . . . Maya Robinson Special Events & Board Coordinator . . . . . . . Bryan Saxon Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Levenberg Development Coordinator . . . . . . . . . Janet Abercrombie Development Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Hentschel

Marketing

Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Sayers Brand Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Tanner Communications Manager . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann Group Services Coordinators . . . . . . . . . Celeste Mercer, Kate McNeely Marketing Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . Shana Orr Marketing Communications Coordinator . . . . . Holland Baird House Managers . . . . Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Kate McNeely, Ken McNeil, Margo Moskowitz, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents . . . . . . . . Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

Production

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

Costumes

Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Hammond Design Assistants . . . . . . . English Benning, Lea Preston Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Stitchers/First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Jenn Rogers, Niki Traxler, Alexandra Matthews Design Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew

Electrics

Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe Additional Electricians . . . . . . . Heather Pynne, Tara O’Neill

Properties

Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Elliott Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer/Artisan . . . . . . . . . . Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich Additional Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Lyons

Scenery

ArtsVibe Teen Ensemble . . . . . Adia Barlow, Carolyn Rogan, Delly Fears, Dori Waymer, Emily Russ, Jackie Kenny, Jaelen Tyner, Lucy Brooks, Nick O’Neill, Pedro Rios, Rachel Jordan, Saharah Jiminez, Shaina McLawrence, Shelby Bice, Torreke Evans, Zoe Nuhfer

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

Stage Management

Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Liz Campbell Alliance Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Hertz Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Goldstein, R. Lamar Williams Hertz Stage Manager Production Assistant . . . . . Tia Herrod Stage Management Apprentices . . . . . . . Prenecia Brooks, Haylee Scott TYF Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Gantt O’Haley TYF Stage Management Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Sanchez

Stage Operations

Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simmons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Additional Stagehands . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear, Russell Michniak, Haley Scott

Sound

Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Blakely, Michelle Jarvis, Hidenori Nakajo Sound Design Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Singer

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The Woodruff Circle

The Woodruff Arts Center and our four artistic partners – the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – rely on the generosity of those donors whose support extends to all parts of our organization. The members of The Woodruff Circle each contributed more than $250,000 to our efforts last year. We are deeply grateful to these 34 partners who help to ensure that the arts thrive in our city. $1,000,000+

$500,000 - $999,999

$250,000 - $499,999

Yolandra & Joseph Alexander Gordon W. Bailey Debrah & Harris Feinn Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Pamela & Douglass Selby Margaretta Taylor Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation

A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center (3) AT&T Bank of America Charitable Foundation Pamela & Oliver Cobb The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Equifax, Inc. & Employees Fulton County Arts Council The Home Depot Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy

PNC PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Mrs. William A. Schwartz SunTrust Foundation, SunTrust Bank Employees and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund and Greene-Sawtell Foundation UPS Zeist Foundation, Inc. Donations made from June 1, 2012- May 31, 2013

The Patron Circle

Each year The Woodruff Arts Center raises critical dollars in support of the organization’s day-to-day operations through the Annual Campaign. The Patron Circle contributors helped us exceed a $9.2 million goal, ensuring that our artistic partners can continue to bring the best in visual and performing arts, as well as arts education, to millions of people in the years ahead. $500,000+

$200,000+

$150,000+

The Coca-Cola Company* Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.*

AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees* Equifax Inc. & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation SunTrust Foundation, SunTrust Bank Employees and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund and Greene-Sawtell Foundation*

Alston & Bird LLP Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

$300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV The Hon. Anne Cox Chambers* The Home Depot Foundation PwC, Partners & Employees UPS*

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$100,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Invesco Ltd. Kaiser Permanente Kilpatrick Townsend

Goodwin Group The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Novelis Inc. Regions Financial Corporation* RockTenn Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester JPMorgan Chase & Co. The Klaus Family Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Norfolk Southern Foundation Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation SCANA Energy Southwire Company United Distributors, Inc. Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Yancey Bros. Co.

$50,000+

$15,000+

A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center Crawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Holder Construction Company NCR Foundation PNC Foundation The Primerica Foundation Southwest Airlines Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Zeist Foundation, Inc.

ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands, Inc. Aflac, Inc. AIG Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Juanita Powell Baranco Anna & Ed Bastian Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris Laura & Stan Blackburn The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Nancy & Kenny Blank The Boston Consulting Group W. Paul Bowers Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch Bryan Cave LLP Camp-Younts Foundation Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. CIGNA Foundation Cisco The Correll Family Foundation The Cousins Foundation, Inc. Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Suzie & Randy Donaldson Mike Donnelly Fifth Third Bank Ford & Harrison LLP Frazier & Deeter, CPA Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Golden Peanut Company Harland Clarke Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes IBM ICS Contract Services, LLC

$100,000+

(cont’d)

King & Spalding Partners & Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc.* Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund $75,000+

$35,000+ Chick-fil-A Foundation CSX The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Infor Global Solutions IntercontinentalExchange Sarah & Jim Kennedy Newell Rubbermaid Troutman Sanders LLP Verizon $25,000+ A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center, In Honor of Virginia A. Hepner Atlanta Foundation Balch & Bingham Julie & Jim Balloun Lisa & Joe Bankoff BB&T Corporation The Connolly Family Foundation Cousins Properties Foundation First Data Corporation John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund GMT Capital Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP The Howell Fund, Inc.*

Jenny & Phil Jacobs Jamestown Properties Lou Brown Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones Jones Lang LaSalle JPMorgan Chase, Atlanta Philip I. Kent Foundation Kimberly-Clark Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Lanier Parking Solutions Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd Macy’s Foundation The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Nonami Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Vicki & John Palmer Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane & Joe Prendergast Mary & Craig Ramsey/Accenture The H. English Ermine Cater Robinson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. Russell Reynolds Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot Selig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig Foundation Seyfarth Shaw LLP Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Shirk Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Superior Essex Inc. Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor Taylor Consulting Group, Inc. Taylor English Duma LLP Tishman Speyer Properties Towers Watson Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Sue & John Wieland Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donor Donations for the Annual Campaign from June 1, 2012- May 31, 2013

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