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“Do you not love this? Is this not heavenly?”

Thus exclaims young Louisa Geller, coming upon the Cotton States Exposition — a slice of the whole world that’s taken up residence in Piedmont Park for 100 days. For a girl whose life has hitherto been circumscribed by the familiar and the known, those 100 days of 1895 provide a window to places beyond imagining. Suddenly she knows how little she knows — and her heart is filled with wonder.

Wonder is a dazzling and precious thing that we all too easily assume is the province only of the young. We grow up — some of us — and clad ourselves in cynical tones of “been there, done that, heard that story.” And we forget how much there is still to know. Still to find. Still to evoke gasps of discovery. Inside our own terrain, even, there are pursuits and passions not only untapped, but even unimagined. We need only the nudge that a postcard can offer. Or a travel ad. Or a play, maybe.

My friend Janece Shaffer is full of wonder. You sit in conversation with her, and I guarantee you, at some point she will suddenly lean forward and explode with a “so listen to what I just found out!” or “Wait till you hear who I just met!” And this fierce appetite for discovery pervades not only her every conversation, but, too, every play she writes. She eats curiosity for breakfast and that’s what makes her plays, her stories and her characters a kind of tonic for the wonder-deprived soul.

Welcome to Atlanta. To 1895. To then, to now, and to the wonderful world of The Geller Girls.

Susan V. Booth Jennings Hertz Artistic Director ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG

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When the Whole World Came toAtlanta The Geller Girls playwright revisits a passionate 100 days in our city’s history

By Kathy Janich Justin Bieber.

Yes, playwright Janece Shaffer’s journey with The Geller Girls, set in 1895 Atlanta, began with the Biebs.

Her eighth-grade daughter, tasked with a social studies project, wanted to write about the pop music phenom.

Shaffer was less enthusiastic.

“I just didn’t want her to do Justin Bieber,” Shaffer says, “so I started pitching ideas.”

One was the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, which brought some 800,000 people to what we now know as Piedmont Park.

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Shaffer’s daughter didn’t buy the idea, but the playwright became obsessed with the images she pulled up on her computer, and a New York Times story in which everything in Atlanta was described as “charming” and “enchanting.”

“I started reading and daydreaming,” says Shaffer, a nationally produced, awarding-winning playwright and an Atlanta native. The story came together for her during one holiday vacation. While her daughter slept till noon every day, Shaffer wrote.

That was three years ago, and pieces of her play came from everywhere — a trip to Charleston with husband Bill

Nigut, the former TV newsman turned producer. A 2005 book called Women in Atlanta, which included a photo of young women playing basketball.

One girl, ball tucked beneath her arm, looked straight at the camera.

days did, when she was “hold-yourhand little” and would see Theater of the Stars shows on Sunday afternoons with her grandmother.

She remembers seeing Paul Lynde in The Pajama Game and that each outing ended with a trip to Morrison’s.

She became Shaffer’s main character.

“This play was vivid from the start,” she says, “probably because of all those photographs. But I knew these people. This play was delicious, and I just couldn’t wait to get to it.

The whole world came to Atlanta for 100 days.

And I kept imagining, I kept wondering how, if I was living then, would it be if the whole world came to town?

“I’m not a historian,” she says, “so I took bits and pieces of things I really love. I know Atlanta was famous for its street corners.

Women would gather at one, men at another. And there were really visible representations of the Civil War — bullets, shells.”

The Exposition itself, Shaffer says, was a marketing gambit

by Atlanta businessmen and the newspaper, a sign to the world that the post-Civil War capital of the South was open for business.

Shaffer’s connection to theater doesn’t go back quite that far. But it began long before her playwriting

Her playwrighting career began in 1999 with He Looks Great in a Hat, her first world premiere at the Alliance Theatre. The Geller Girls is her fifth here. In between came Bluish (2006), Managing Maxine (2008) and Broke (2011). She’s written about romance and religion, identity, race and motherhood, sex over 70 and the fallout of the Great Recession.

She’s also been produced at Theatrical Outfit (Brownie Points, 2010) and Horizon Theatre (The Genes of Beauty Queens, 2001).

Nationally, her work’s been seen in Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Asolo Rep in Sarasota, Fla., among others.

But The Geller Girls, her first period piece, proves once again how firmly rooted she is in writing about her hometown.

“I am Atlanta born and bred. I am a product of this community, these schools, UGA,” she says.

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“I think there is something really powerful about knowing our stories. [The Exposition] is a really interesting, pivotal moment. We were passionate. It was this really shining example of what this city could be at one moment in time.”

Clockwise from top: A New York City bicycle club, ca. 1895/Byron Co.; studio portrait of African-American woman, ca.

1895/F.S. Crowell; women astronomers at Harvard University, ca. 1895/William M.Vander Weyde

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Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director presents

Playwright

JANECE SHAFFER Set Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

COLLETTE POLLARD

LINDA ROETHKE

KEN YUNKER

CLAY BENNING

Dramaturgy

Stage Manager

Casting

CELISE KALKE

lark hackshaw

JODY FELDMAN

Director

SUSAN V. BOOTH The Alliance Theatre’s production of The Geller Girls is the recipient of The 2013 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

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cast Setting: Atlanta, Georgia. 1895 Synopsis: In 1895, The Cotton States and International Exposition floods the city of Atlanta for 100 days with cannibals, Hoochie Coochie Girls, and Suffragettes forever upending the lives of the Geller sisters—17 year-old Louisa and her older sister Rosalee. In spite of being nearly engaged since she was six years old, Louisa is suddenly captivated by a handsome New York visitor who proposes not marriage but college, and Rosalee, who is bothered by the expo, is busy hounding her father for one thing — a dress shop of her own. After a window on the world has been thrown open, can the simple lives that Louisa and Rosalee have always imagined for themselves be enough? And if not, can they escape convention and unyielding family expectations to pursue a life of their own?

CAST in alphabetical order * Mark Cabus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Geller * Courtenay Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarahann Geller * Ann Marie Gideon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louisa Geller * Courtney Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosalee Geller Joe Sykes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Heyman UNDERSTUDIES Hannah Rose Broom — Louisa Geller/ Rosalee Geller Barrett Doyle — Charles Heyman Patrick McColery –Albert Geller Tafee Patterson — Sarahann Geller PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANTS * Jayson T. Waddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager Rebekah Suellau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant to the Director Elisa Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocal Coach

*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Alliance Theatre 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.

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.

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cast

HANNAH ROSE BROOM

MARK CABUS

COURTENAY COLLINS

BARRETT DOYLE

ANN MARIE GIDEON

PATRICK MCCOLERY

COURTNEY PATTERSON

TAFEE PATTERSON

JOE SYKES

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profiles HANNAH ROSE BROOM (U/S Louisa Geller/Rosalee Geller) is honored to be joining the cast of The Geller Girls in her debut with the Alliance Theatre. Her other credits include director, playwright/Freewill and the Senses (Center for Puppetry Arts: Xperimental Puppetry Theatre); Dracula Wife, Ensemble/ Dracula: The Rock Opera (7 Stages); Minstrel Chorus/All Blues (7 Stages); Ismene/Antigone (Reduxion Theatre). Recently, Hannah Rose could be seen as a featured Walker on AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” She thanks the production team, cast and crew for this wonderful experience and opportunity.

MARK CABUS (Albert Geller) Film: The Client (Warner Bros.). TV: “Against the Wall” (HBO), “High Lonesome” (CBS). Off-off Broadway: Private Life (The Cubiculo), Hay Fever, Engaged, The Boyfriend (New York Theatre Company); LORT: The Tempest, Noises Off, Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest (Georgia Shakespeare); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Inherit the Wind, A Chorus Line (Tennessee Repertory Theater); LOA/SPT: The Cherry Orchard, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Theatre Emory); A Wrinkle in Time (Theatrical Outfit); I Am My Own Wife (Naked Stages); Hamlet, Animal Farm, A Christmas Carol (Green Room Projects); Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Hamlet (Mockingbird Theatre); Othello, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It (Nashville Shakespeare Festival). Training: Belmont University, British-American Drama Academy/Oxford University and National Shakespeare Conservatory. Mark is the director of education at Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta.

COURTENAY COLLINS (Sarahann Geller) is euphoric about playing another character conjured up by Janece Shaffer. Alliance credits include Into the Woods, Smart Cookie, Managing Maxine, The Fourth Wall and two productions of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well. New York: Eating Raoul, Loves’ Labours Lost, The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Brigadoon. Atlanta: Evita, Love Jerry, Jerry’s Girls. CDs: Nightingale, One for My Baby, A Merry Little Christmas, Live at the Club. Cabaret: Courtney’s Christmas Cabaret, A Spring Affair, Live at the Club, Love or Something Like It, Dixie Divas, Miss Otis Regrets, 2 for Broadway, Let the Good Times Roll. Proud mom of Collins and Spencer and wife of Michael. Private vocal coach. Jewelry artisan. www.courtenaycollins.com BARRETT DOYLE (U/S Charles Heyman) Atlanta credits include Metamorphoses (Georgia Shakespeare), Seminar and 100 Saints You Should Know (Actor’s Express), Scratching, Assistance, Let’s Make It, Bachelorette, Body Awareness (Pinch n’ Ouch Theatre), and Tigers Be Still (Aurora Theatre.) Barrett was a member of the 2009/10 Actors Express Intern Company and holds a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design. He thanks the Alliance for the opportunity to be a part of this incredible story.

ANN MARIE GIDEON (Louisa Geller) is delighted to return to the Alliance stage.

Atlanta credits include A Christmas Carol (Alliance); Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest, Noises Off, Shrew: The Musical (Georgia Shakespeare); Time Stands Still (Horizon Theatre); and Bachelorette (Pinch n’ Ouch). Ann Marie is originally from Nashville, Tenn., and a proud graduate of the University of Memphis. Thanks and love to my family for their constant love and support. www.annmariegideon.com

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profiles PATRICK McCOLERY (US Albert Geller) was in the Alliance Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz (Uncle Henry), and Choir Boy (US Mr. Pendleton.) Other favorite performances include All Blues and The Colour of Her Dreams with 7 Stages Theatre. Patrick is Resident Artist in Education with the Alliance and directs their annual Collision Project in collaboration with playwright Pearl Cleage. Also, Director for fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life, The Short Story of Michael Fish, Around Atlanta on $80, Splinters, and assistant director to Andy Blankenbuehler on the Alliance Theatre’s world premiere of Bring it On: The Musical. Patrick has also directed for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera, Center for Puppetry Arts, Synchronicity Theatre, and many others. Big thanks to Jody, Susan, Janece, cast, crew, designers, the entire Alliance family, and Kells.

COURTNEY PATTERSON (Rosalee Geller) is thrilled to return to the Alliance stage. Other Alliance credits include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; August: Osage County; Managing Maxine; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Frame 312. Favorite Atlanta credits: Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Twelfth Night, Hamlet (Georgia Shakespeare); Brownie Points, Lost Highway (Theatrical Outfit); The Drowsy Chaperone, Boeing! Boeing! (Aurora Theatre); My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Synchronicity Theatre). TV/film: “Stuff You Should Know,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Past Life,” “Good Eats,” Anchorman 2, Let’s Be Cops.

Much love to my boys, Nick and Javier. www.courtneypatterson.net TAFEE PATTERSON (U/S Sarahann Geller) was most recently seen as Trudy Habersham in the hit Atlanta play Peachtree Battle. She has worked locally at the Alliance Theatre, Center Theatre, Theater Emory, Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern and OnStage Atlanta. Feature roles include Josephine in HMS Pinafore; Woman One in Jacques Brel; and Adelaide in Guys and Dolls.

JOE SYKES (Charles Heyman) is excited to make his debut at the Alliance.

He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and a proud company member of Out of Hand Theater (OOH.) With OOH he helped create original works such as Group Intelligence, The Show, The 5th Great Ape, Schriebstuck, Cartoon and the upcoming Blackberry Winter by Steve Yockey. He’s worked at many Atlanta theaters including Actor’s Express: Pluto/Death, Wolves/ Wolf, Next Fall/Luke, Suddenly Last Summer/Dr. Cukrowicz, Octopus/ Kevin. Dad’s Garage: Large Animal Games /Jimmy, DATE/Boy, Skin/Martin.

Synchronicity: Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter/Hugo and Language of Angels/ Seth. His film and TV credits include V/H/S, The Little Death and “The Game.”

Joe is grateful to his little brother Jamie for helping out with the rent.

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profiles JANECE SHAFFER (Playwright) is a nationally produced, award-winning playwright, and The Geller Girls marks her fifth world premiere at the Alliance Theatre. Other Alliance credits include Broke (Gene-Gabriel Moore Best New Play Award), Managing Maxine (Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award; produced at the Asolo Repertory Theatre and Human Race Theatre), Bluish and He Looks Great in a Hat. Shaffer’s Brownie Points (Gene-Gabriel Moore Best New Play Award) debuted at Theatrical Outfit and went on to Seattle’s Taproot Theater and Lamb’s Players Theatre in San Diego. Shaffer is working on her first musical, aptly named Bliss, which will be presented in a workshop in New York in spring 2014. When not busy writing on her screened porch in Decatur, Shaffer is the senior editor of the Womenetics. A special thanks to the Alliance Theatre and to all those she calls family.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Director/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 COLLETTE POLLARD (Scenic Designer) is thrilled to return to the Alliance Theatre where she last designed Good People and The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Suzi Bass Award and Atlanta Fan Award nominations). Collette is based in Chicago, where she is a proud member of the House Theatre Company of Chicago and has designed 20-plus productions, including Death & Harry Houdini, The Nutcracker, The Sparrow and The Magnificents. Other recent Chicago credits include Head of Passes and To Kill a Mockingbird (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Happiest Song Plays Last and Fish Men (Goodman Theatre); Blood and Gifts and The Front Page, for which she received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Scenic Design (Timeline Theatre); The Illusion, (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Scenic Design, Court Theatre); and Sweet Charity (Writers’ Theatre). Regional credits include A Minister’s Wife (San Jose Repertory Theatre); The Donkey Show, Death & Harry Houdini, The Nutcracker (Adrienne Arsht Center of Performing Arts Miami); A Streetcar Named Desire (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Harriet Jacobs and The

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profiles Glass Menagerie (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). International credits include Joan d’Arc (co-production Goodman Theatre and Linz09, Linz, Austria) and Maria Stewart (Linz09, Linz, Austria). Collette received her MFA from Northwestern University. She thanks her husband, Mark, for his constant support.

LINDA ROETHKE (Costume Designer) Alliance Theatre credits include Managing Maxine, The Underpants and Shadowlands. Other national credits include Into the Woods, King Lear, As You Like It, Julius Caesar and All’s Well That Ends Well at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Miss Saigon (Paramount Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep); Richard III (The Public); The Game’s Afoot (Cleveland Play House); Water by the Spoonful, The Dead, Orlando (Court Theatre); Stage Kiss, The Clean House (Goodman Theatre); Motherf**ker With the Hat, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Intimate Apparel (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). She’s also designed at Cincinnati Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Center Stage, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and American Players Theatre. Linda is a director of the MFA design program at Northwestern University, where she teaches costume design. Awards include a Jeff for An Ideal Husband at Court Theatre and a Suzi Bass nomination (The Underpants, Alliance Theatre), Connecticut Circle nomination (A Little Night Music, Connecticut Rep). She received her MFA from the University of Iowa.

KEN YUNKER (Lighting Designer) Mr. Yunker is the Resident Lighting Designer for the Sarasota Opera Association, Lighting Designer for Atlanta Opera on more than 50 productions and International Lighting Director of FIO Americas in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Alliance Theatre: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; Good People; What I Learned In Paris; Into The Woods; August: Osage County; Avenue X; Ms. Warren’s Profession; Aladdin; Bluish; Go Dog Go!; The Underpants; Einstein Is A Dummy; Day Of Kings; The Miracle Worker; Leap. National credits: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Bermuda Arts Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Utah Symphony and Opera. In Atlanta: Ballethnic Dance Company, True Colors Theatre, Atlanta Black Arts Festival, Theatrical Outfit, Theatre In The Square, International Ballet Rotaru. Awards: Suzi Bass award for Avenue X with nominations for Into The Woods, August: Osage County, Rejoice and The Persians; nomination for Abbey Artist of the Year; Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta; 7 Jenny Awards for Best Lighting.

CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has been the Resident Sound Designer at the Alliance Theatre for 14 years and has designed more than 80 productions. Recent works include Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Into the Woods, Good People and Next to Normal. Associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with more than 20 productions. Other designs include Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with an additional 11 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829.

CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg on her fourth world premiere production of a Janece Shaffer play. From Bluish to The Geller Girls, working with Janece means a warm inviting collaboration and the joy of watching an extraordinary writing talent in full bloom. Celise is thrilled to be working

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profiles on the 10th anniversary season this year of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition with activities ramping up in February 2014. The competition’s 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 second and third productions this season. Before moving to the Alliance, Kalke was the Director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York, and served as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions. lark hackshaw (Stage Manager) although lark has been stage managing at the Alliance Theatre for more than 20 years, she has worked at many regional theatre’s including Cleveland Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter, Trinity Rep, Arena Stage, MUNY, North Carolina Black Rep and has worked on several major tours. Her favorite shows include Broadway’s Stick Fly; the Housewives of Atlanta’s A Mother’s Love (Rialto); the “Dreamgirls” tour starring Jennifer Holliday and “Sheddin” at the Horizon Theatre; and Alliance productions: What I Learned In Paris, Good People, Bring It On: The Musical, Zorro, The Nacirema Society, Broke, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Topdog/Underdog and Wit. She is a line producer/executive assistant for Winston-Salem’s National Black Theatre Festival. lark is the proud recipient of Howard University’s 2012 Distinguished Howard Player Award.

JAYSON T. WADDELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre! He has had the pleasure of working on such Alliance productions as Carapace, A Christmas Carol, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Broke, Spoon Lake Blues, Sex and the Second City, Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Next to Normal, Holidays With the Chalks and Bike America. Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Shame the Devil: An Evening With Fanny Kemble.

Jayson is a graduate of the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

JODY FELDMAN (Casting) 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 Shaffer, 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.

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The Geller Girls accomplishes one of the primary purposes of art — to remind us that there is no such thing as a normal family. Without such regular external validation, we would all go mad. I often wonder why children of established families leave a wonderful city like Atlanta for browner pastures. Siblings raised in the same environment have very different familial experiences and memories. Could family dysfunction be an evolutionary trait to ensure dispersal of our genetic material?

At the Atlanta History Center we encourage and value works of contemporary art that use the past as a method of interpretation to add significance and meaning to our modern lives. We integrate theatre into our own tours and public programs as an effective means of surfacing difficult historical and contemporary issues that generate an emotional response to create perspective and stimulate lasting memories.

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Make sure to discover The Atlanta History Center’s exhibit located in the north alcove, outside the balcony.

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.

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Kendeda-winning playwrights onstage this season include (from left Tarell Alvin McCraney (Choir Boy); Kenneth Lin (Warrior Class); Madhuri Shekar (In Love and Warcraft) and Meg Miroshnik (The Tall Girls).

KENDEDA TURNS 10 Anniversary season features new plays from old friends and 2014’s winner

The Alliance Theatre’s 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.

The lineup celebrates a milestone for the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, an idea that took root 10 years ago and has grown stronger and more vibrant each season. This one-ofa-kind national competition helps student playwrights in the country's leading graduate programs make the transition to professional theatre.

This year’s winner, Madhuri Shekar, comes from the University of Southern California. Returning to the Alliance are Meg Miroshnik (The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, 2012), Tarell Alvin McCraney (In the Red and Brown Water, 2008) and Kenneth Lin (…,” said Said, 2006).

Hertz Stage audiences have already seen McCraney's Choir Boy, a coming-of-age story about a gay young man in an all-boys private prep school for African-Americans, and Lin’s Warrior Class, a political thriller about a charismatic Asian-American Republican with ex-girlfriend trouble.

Still to come: In Love and Warcraft. Jan. 31-Feb. 23. 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.

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The Tall Girls. March 7-30. Sometimes basketball is the only way out. Even for a girl. Even in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. When a mysterious young man gets off the train in Poor Prairie, a few things are clear.

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These four writers are part of a group of 50 artists to have come through the Kendeda/Alliance competition. The anniversary season also includes 12 readings and workshops by other alumni winners and finalists. Experiences have already included an exciting portrait of a drag family hosted by the Jungle and 570 people sobbing through a mother/daughter reunion in the face of dementia. For details, please email celise.kalke@woodruffcenter.org or check Alliance.theatre.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 80 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 reach 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 problemsolving. 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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board of directors Officers Chair: Vice Chair: Immediate Past Chair: Treasurer:

Victoria Palefsky* Reade Fahs* Dan Reardon* Steve Chaddick*

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

Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer Linda Davidson*

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

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. Alexander Goldsmith 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 PressleyBrown Helen Smith Price Patty Reid Margaret Reiser Maurice Rosenbaum* Bill Rowland 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

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

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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

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Linda Selig Janece Shaffer Jonathan Shapero Linda Silberman E. Kendrick Smith Lynda Smith Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Steven Steindel Todd A. Tautfest Wayne R. Vason Lynda Walker Bob Walker Aaron Watson Mary Williams Suzanne B. Wilner Joni Winston Paul Root Wolpe

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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

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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 Charitable Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts

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

★★★ $10,000+ Aon Bryan Cave Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation 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

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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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Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development and cultural experiences of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

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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 December 15, 2013. $50,000+ Victoria & Howard Palefsky $35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Sally G. Tomlinson $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 Mo誰se 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 Tome Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin $7,500 - $9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss

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P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Andrea & Boland Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston $5,000 - $7,499 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 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow 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. Scarlet Pressley-Brown & Mr. Wendell Brown Hugh & Susanne Ripps Bill & Rhonda Rowland Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Bruce Westbrook $2,500 - $4,999 Alexander Babbage in appreciation of Vicki Palefsky Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Ellen Arnovitz Cheryl M. Baer 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 Brad & Sally Currey Russell & Sandra Dawson Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Eierman Foundation

Philippa & Burrell Ellis 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 Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Oronda M. Smith Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts TAYLAR Development Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins 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

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Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Nikki J. Mercer Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell June M. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony 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 Mr. Scott Shickler Martin & Patricia Silbiger A. Boyd Simpson & Melody Mann-Simpson Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Michelle Sutter Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor The Tolson Firm Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Van Laar Skin Care Mrs. Lynda Walker Ms. Ann Westbrook J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mrs. Sue S. Williams Jeannie Wynn The Zaban Foundation

Enid & Jerry Draluck The Elster Foundation The Galloway Foundation in honor of Dr. Andrew Golde Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Divida Gude Valerie Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hayler Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Kay H. & Burke C. Jones In Memory of George Mason Coleman Gary C. & Carolyn A. Lovett Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee William McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Ms. Del Podsiadlo Ms. Rebecca J. Reeves Roger & Lynn Ritvo Kevin Ruhl Gary, Cannon, Frankie & Trey Sayers Sharon & Chip Shirley Philip Slaughter Susan & Jay Smith Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Bob Sullivan Elizabeth Wallace & Chris Scislowicz Melody Wilder Wilson Lynne Winship Holly & Marty York Lynne 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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Levi Jelks, 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 Education Sales and Customer Service . . . . . . Nicole Kang Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ricardo Aponte, 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, Jade Lambert Smith,

Production

Production Management

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

Costumes

Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Hammond Design Assistants . . . . . . . English Benning, Lea Preston Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Marianne Krostyne, Cindy Lou Who Craft Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Robinson Stitchers/First Hands . . . . . . April Andrews, Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson, Emily Wille Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews Scottie Rowell, Niki Traxler

Electrics

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

Properties

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

Scenery

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley

Teaching Artists (cont’d) . . . . . . . . . Sheri Mann Stewart, Michael Stiggers, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Davia Weatherill, Elizabeth Wexler ArtsVibe Teen Ensemble . . . . Adia Barlow, Carolyn Rogan, Delly Fears, Emily Russ, Jackie Kenny, Jaelen Tyner, Lucy Brooks, Nick O’Neill, Pedro Rios, Rachel Jordan, Shaina McLawrence, Shelby Bice, Torreke Evans, Zoe Nuhfer

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 Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris

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 Marketing Communications Coordinator . . . . Holland Baird Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Group Services Coordinators . . . . . . . . . Celeste Mercer, Kate McNeely Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . Shana Orr Front of House, Patron Services Manager . . . Marjon D. Wolfe 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 Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann

Scenery (cont’d)

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 Simons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Additional Stagehands . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear, Russell Michniak, Haylee Scott

Sound

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

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Girls Gone Worldly When the act of imagining a choice is a radical act, what choices will young women make?

By Celise Kalke

In Janece Shaffer’s The Geller Girls, the playwright invites us to look backward to 1895. When Atlanta was a much smaller city, everyone within a social class knew each other, and the cultural life of Georgia still resided along the coast, in Savannah.

Atlanta had risen from the ashes of the Civil War still a railroad hub and commercial leader but not yet an international city. Then, almost 100 years before the Atlanta Olympics of

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1996, a city of some 80,000 people invited 800,000 visitors to the Cotton States Exhibition. Atlanta was on the map and getting ready to start chasing its present-day significance.

Shaffer has chosen two young women also poised on the brink of change to portray this exciting time in Atlanta’s history: Louisa, everything a young Southern lady of the time should be, and Rosalee, who is straining at the bit

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Group portrait of the children of Samuel Charles Blackwell and Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell. Back row, left to right: Agnes Blackwell (Jones) and Ethel Blackwell (Robinson). Front row, left to right: Grace Blackwell, Edith Blackwell, and Florence Blackwell (Mayhew)/Hill

and ready to break loose. Shaffer looks at this time almost before the suffragette movement, and asks what choices young women would make when the act of imagining a choice was a radical act. Especially in a commercially stable, upwardly mobile family like the Gellers, where steadiness and family pride demanded following a prescribed life path.

This is not a new story, it’s the stuff of romance and coming-of-age novels. In Shaffer’s hands looking backward to simpler choices in a less global world presents 1895 mores as deliciously comfortable and warm, and breaking free seems terrifying.

Except when the play makes moving seem exciting and adventurous and comfort seem constraining and rigid.

The genius of Shaffer’s tale is presenting options as true options, without the playwright loading the bases for her characters.

The Geller Girls celebrates the history of Atlanta and the history of America. It is a passionate experience with complicated characters and real insight into the years after the Civil War in Atlanta. The play is a true romance, a journey that travels no further than the Geller house to Piedmont Park and back. But in that distance, the girls discover not only the world, but a world of possibilities.

3 1895 in context President: Grover Cleveland in his second nonconsecutive term.

Visitors to the Cotton States and International Exhibition: 800,000 Cost: $2 million (equal to more than $54 million today) “And in this connection, it is well to bear in mind that whatever other sins the South may be called to bear, when it comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man’s chance in the commercial world, and in nothing is this Exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this chance.

— Booker T. Washington, Atlanta address of 1895 Text of the 19th Amendment (1920): The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Images of Groover Cleveland and Booker T. Washington from wikimedia.org; HosfordWilkins 1895 plan of Piedmont Park from Piedmont Park Conservancy; view of bridge in Piedmont Park at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exhibition from the Atlanta History Center.

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by Sebastian Barry

Joanna Daniel as Florence Nightingale Kathleen McManus as Dr James Barry directed by Rebecca Frank

“It was a strange love without English or history, existing instead in a realm of story and dream...”

February 13-23, 2014 Alliance Theatre Black Box 3rd floor, Woodruff Arts Center 1280 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta GA 30309 404.692.0053 www.poshdealz.com www.facebook.com/WhistlingPsyche whistlingpsyche@gmail.com

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