Atlanta Alliance Theatre, The Reservoir, March 2025
MAR 29–MAY 4, 2025
Some stories arrive like a whisper, gently unfolding. Others crash into the room, undeniable, demanding to be heard. The Reservoir was both.
It first entered our world as a finalist for the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, a program that has long been a home for bold new voices. When we gathered in Rehearsal Hall A for its reading two years ago, something remarkable happened. The air itself seemed to shift. Words lifted off the page, weaving through the room like threads of memory, like echoes of laughter and loss. We watched as the audience — strangers only moments before — breathed in unison, bound by the story unfolding before them. By the time the final words were spoken, we knew: This was a play we would never forget.
Jake Brasch has given us something rare — a story that carries the weight of generations yet moves with the lightness of human resilience. The Reservoir is about memory — the kind we cling to and the kind that slips through our fingers. It is about addiction and its long shadow, about the past reaching for the present. And it is about love — the kind that endures even when words are lost, even when the road back to one another feels impossibly long.
Jake tells this story with the wisdom of an old soul and the sharp wit of someone who knows that humor is survival. Even in its heaviest moments, this play breathes with levity, reminding us that laughter is its own kind of grace. And, at its heart, The Reservoir holds a truth that is both personal and universal: That even when we falter, even when we forget, love has a way of remembering for us.
Bringing this play to the Alliance stage — alongside our partners at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Geffen Playhouse — is a testament to the power of new work to move, to challenge, to heal. This is why we gather in the theater. To sit together. To listen. To feel. And to leave changed.
Thank you for being here, for making space for this story, and for taking this journey with us.
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
Christopher Moses
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
“MY JOB IS TO TELL THE TRUTH”
Playwright Jake Brasch on writing, addiction, and theatre
STORY BY Ashley Elliott
Before Jake Brasch was a writer, he was a fan of theatre.
“I came out of the womb a musical-theatre-obsessed, 40-year-old gay man,” the Reservoir playwright says.
“There’s a home video of me in a diaper singing the entire score of Oklahoma! on a rocking horse. I would try to organize productions of My Fair Lady during recess (everyone always bailed to play soccer).”
Brasch grew up in Denver and went to a public arts magnet middle/high school, which is where they were first introduced to “serious theatre.” They performed in the Denver Center for the Performing Art’s production of A Christmas Carol at age 11 and participated in a playwriting intensive for writers under eighteen at Curious Theatre Company one summer. “That’s where I wrote my first play,” says Brasch; “an extremely self-serious drama about murder and amnesia.
I’m sure it was terrible, but it changed everything for me. I’ve been writing ever since.”
When asked about what he prefers to write, Brasch explains that they “generally write comedies about things that aren’t funny. I believe in buffoonery as a gateway to engagement. I aim to create wacky, whimsical worlds that pickle into something deeper and allow folks to expand their sense of what’s possible — in themselves and in the world.”
Currently, Brasch has a few “children [he’s] currently raising,” including a play about a housekeeping robot
Playwright Jake Brasch
who writes a play about the family he works for (and hates), a play about a retired couple who decide to shake up their ordinary routine (coming soon to the stage, directed by Reservoir director Shelley Butler), and a play about a musical-theatre-obsessed fifth grader who develops an unlikely bond with his occupational therapist.
“I love the theatre,” Brasch says, adding that theatre will always be their “first and foremost love.” He loves the collaborative nature of theatre, saying that writing plays alone at home is his least favorite part of writing.
“I love getting to hear my plays, to receive the essential info that only actors, directors, and designers can bring to the table,” they explain. “When several brains and hearts commit to a play, it takes on a life of its own. It tells you what it wants. For my money, there’s no better experience in the world than crafting a piece of theatre with people you love.”
When writing The Reservoir, he knew he wanted to write about the year he got sober, even if it scared him. “Writing this play was terrifying,” he says. “I wasn’t sure what it would feel like to share the bleakest, most embarrassing, least flattering chapter of my life.”
The story follows young Josh, a queer, recovering alcoholic who has come home to Denver from NYU to get his life together but can’t manage to stay sober. Desperate for camaraderie, he decides to bring his four loveable grandparents on his road to recovery. He drags them to Jazzercise class at the JCC. He pressures them into playing memory games. He forces them to eat spinach by the handful. And eventually, when he can no longer help his grandparents, they begin to help him.
The play parallels Brasch’s own life. They spent a year getting sober and reconnecting with their grandparents. “I was navigating the fog of early sobriety as they were grappling with the onset of dementia,” they explain. “Somehow, we were on the same plane.”
Brasch says he “tricked himself” into writing the play when he didn’t have a pitch for The Sloan Project. The project is a partnership between the Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which, per Ensemble’s website, is an “initiative designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge the existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination.”
“Desperate for an idea to pitch,” Brasch says, “I stumbled upon the concept of Cognitive Reserve — the theory that certain activities can help protect against the onset of dementia. I got the commission, and there was no going back. I set out to write a drama about dementia science and ended up with a semi-autobiographical comedy about recovery, family, memory, and Jazzercise. Whoops!”
It definitely worked, because the play was selected to be a staged reading at the 2022 Colorado New Play Summit, was an Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist, and is now being staged as a triple partnership between the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Alliance Theatre, and Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
The Reservoir is a kind of love letter to Brasch’s first love, theatre. “It demands the plasticity and playfulness of the stage,” they explain. “The audience is essential to the storytelling; the protagonist shares his thoughts in direct address. The grandparents function as a Greek chorus/dance troupe. There are strange and silly moments that could only be accomplished on the stage. While I could imagine a film version of The Reservoir, it would have to change in fundamental ways. This is a play that demands to be a play. I’m proud of that.”
Brasch goes on to say that staging it has been a different beast than developing it through workshops and staged readings. “Staging [Reservoir] has taught me so much about its wild, weird, and magical logic. Getting the gift of three full productions to refine it is extraordinary.”
“I’m still kind of in shock that this story is reaching so many people,” they continue. “I’m used to sharing my work with 30 people at a time in filthy garages in Brooklyn. Can somebody say ‘upgrade’?!”
Although this play tackles tough themes, Brasch is quick to emphasize that it’s a comedy. “I want folks to remember that there’s joy to be found in time of great uncertainty,” they say. “Loving an addict is hard. It’s a constant negotiation between being there for them and setting boundaries. You can’t get someone sober; they have to want it. That being said, hold out hope. Recovery is hard but not impossible. I’m so grateful to have been through what I’ve been through. There’s a lighter, healthier, wilder, funnier, and more joyous life on the other side. Believe in the possibility. The fact that this play has opened so many doors for me has reminded me that my job is to tell the truth.”
Brasch also wants the play to encourage younger people to pick up the phone and call their grandmas. “Grandma has all of your answers, I promise.”
Cast of The Reservoir during the Denver Center for the Performing Arts run. Photo by Jamie Kraus Photography.
UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA AND CAREGIVING
STORY BY Abrianna Belvedere
Dementia affects about 20 percent of people over 85, including those with Alzheimer’s. While some cognitive slowing is normal with age, significant memory issues indicate a medical condition that requires evaluation and care. Early diagnosis is crucial, as it allows for better planning and support. A full neuropsychological evaluation can take 4-6 hours, while a shorter test, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), assesses memory, attention, executive function, and verbal fluency. These results are compared to age and education norms to measure cognitive decline.
Researching dementia presents unique challenges. Since individuals progress at different rates, it’s difficult to determine whether treatments genuinely slow the disease. Researchers cannot track both treated and untreated disease progression in the same person, and each person develops dementia at a different rate. Due to this, researchers utilize large studies to compare groups based on shared factors like level of education or IQ. Despite ongoing research, there is no cure for dementia, nor a proven way to prevent or slow its progression (not even eating a ton of spinach!).
For those caring for a loved one with dementia, patience and understanding are essential. Correcting memories — whether small inaccuracies such as what time lunch is, or larger gaps like the death of a loved-one — can sometimes lead to distress.
In the early stages of memory loss, individuals may notice memory difficulties but still maintain independence, managing tasks like shopping and cooking. As the disease progresses, memory loss worsens, leading to confusion, paranoia, and wandering, often requiring more intensive care.
Because dementia is progressive, it’s important to discuss future care as early as possible. Patients should express their medical, living, and legal preferences while they are still able to make decisions. Drafting legal documents and establishing a care plan can ensure that the patient can have agency over their long-term care before their memory symptoms worsen, while also easing the burden on caregivers.
Social connections play a crucial role in quality of life for dementia patients. Isolation is a significant risk for aging individuals, particularly those experiencing cognitive decline. A strong support network benefits both individuals with dementia and their caregivers, providing emotional and practical assistance. When patients go to appointments for memory problems, they are often with a caregiver who can keep track of the calendar, provide transportation, and give insight to new symptoms that develop. Patients with memory problems are not always fully aware that they are forgetting things, which makes it essential that we check in on the elders in our lives — loved ones, friends, and neighbors, especially those living alone. When patients experiencing memory problems have social support, it is easier for them to seek out care and make long-term plans.
When higher levels of care become necessary, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) can be an option. These facilities allow residents to transition from independent living to assisted living, memory care, and palliative care as their needs change. However, they can be costly, requiring financial planning and consideration.
Dementia is a complex and challenging condition, but with early planning, strong support systems, and compassionate caregiving, individuals and families can navigate its progression with greater confidence and preparedness.
For more information, such as support groups, go to alz.org or alzheimers.gov.
Special thanks to Ann Pearman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for her consultation on this article.
Book by BOB MARTIN
by ADAM GUETTEL
WHEN THE ROLE OF CAREGIVER MUST REVERSE: JOURNEYING THROUGH THE STAGES OF GRIEF
WRITTEN BY
Jayla Chanel Dyas, Assistant Director
There comes a time when we may find ourselves caring for those who were responsible for caring for us. It can be hard to see our loved ones decline as they age. As their circumstances progress, we may find ourselves like Josh, journeying through stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance — even before they are evidently transitioning from life on this earth.
First, you may be in denial that the time has come for the role of caregiver to reverse. In acknowledging this new reality, feelings of frustration and anger may present themselves. There are shifts that must take place which can be challenging to navigate at first. We may feel ill-equipped and become annoyed with others whose jobs are to help but find their method of caring to be unsatisfactory for our loved one’s needs. We may then find ourselves bargaining against the circumstance, going above and beyond to try to control the process in hopes of changing whatever the predicted outcome may be.
Having exhausted our efforts to fix things, there comes a moment of defeat that often leads us down a path of melancholy. We may feel a deep sorrow for what could be seen as a hopeless circumstance, only to find that our feelings and failed efforts won’t change the reality. At some point, we realize that the only solution is to give in to the fullness of the journey through acceptance. Our great friend Yaakov Stern extends this invitation to Josh at the beginning of Act 2, encouraging that, “Maybe rather than trying to improve your grandparents’ reserve, you should look at what built it in the first place...” Coming to terms with the loss grants us an opportunity to be more intentional about the time we have left with our loved ones, as well as the legacy we hope to uphold in their honor.
As we see throughout Josh’s journey, grief is a path that ebbs and flows. You may not experience these stages in this specific order or in this specific way. Your path may include additional stages, or you may only face a few. When you find yourself journeying through any of these spaces, whether it’s all of them, a combination of some, or only one, know that you can’t do it alone. Josh learned to invite others into his process, especially those who loved him. The road to acceptance may be difficult but know that, just as it takes a community to raise a life, it’s going to take community to grieve a life.
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ALLIANCE THEATRE
TINASHE KAJESE-BOLDEN
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
CHRISTOPHER MOSES
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
MIKE SCHLEIFER Managing Director
Produced in Partnership with Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company & Geffen Playhouse
present
BY JAKE BRASCH
SCENIC DESIGN TAKESHI KATA
COSTUME DESIGN SARA RYUNG CLEMENT
ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN MICHAEL COSTAGLIOLA
CASTING GRADY SOAPES, CSA
JODY FELDMAN
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA
TARA RUBIN CASTING
CLAIRE BURKE, CSA
DIRECTED
LIGHTING DESIGN JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW
DRAMATURGY OLIVIA O’CONNOR
STAGE MANAGEMENT LIZ CAMPBELL
BY SHELLEY BUTLER
Heidi and David Geller
Matthew and Doris Geller SPONSORED BY
*JOYCE COHEN .
*MARK KINCAID
CAST
. Irene
.Hank
*RODNEY LIZCANO Hugo/Others
*VANESSA LOCK Patricia/Others
*PHILIP SCHNEIDER Josh
*LORI WILNER Beverly
*PETER VAN WAGNER Shrimpy
LIAM MCKENNA Hugo/Others (5/2—5/4)
UNDERSTUDIES
MIRA HIRSCH
R. CAMERON LEE
LIAM MCKENNA.
MICHELLE NEIL
STAGE MANAGERS
Beverly
Shrimpy/Hank
Josh/Hugo/Others
Irene/Patricia/Others
*LIZ CAMPBELL Stage Manager
SAMANTHA HONEYCUTT Stage Management Production Assistant
PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE
LAWRENCE BENNETT Production Management Lead
ZOE LESSER Denver Assistant Director
JAYLA DYAS Atlanta Assistant Director
JAKE EISNER
BRANT ADAMS
AARON VOCKLEY .
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Associate Sound Designer
Casting Assistant
Production Sound Engineer
EMMA MOULEDOUX, CHARLES BEDELL Sound Engineers
MONICA M. SPEAKER, LAURA SANDERS, BRISA MENDEZ Wardrobe
LISA HERNANDEZ Additional Wardrobe
ALANA SPACH Wig Crew
ROCHELLE RILEY Lighting Programmer
HAYDEN BAILEY Lighting Board Operator
ADIRAH ROBINSON, DEAN LESTER, JACK BLACKSTOCK Stagehand
BARBARA O’HALEY Production Assistant
SPECIAL THANKS
The Juilliard School
*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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This production is approximately two hours long and has one fifteen-minute intermission.
JOYCE COHEN (Irene) At the DCPA: Benediction (Henry Award nominee). Broadway: Once A Catholic. Off-Broadway: Keen Theatre Company, Life Jacket, The HERE Theatre, The Mint Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, The Westside Arts. Five decades of productions at regional theatres across the country. TV/Film: Independence Day, High School Musical, SLC Punk, Read It and Weep, A Picture Perfect Holiday, Christmas Under Wraps, Broadcasting Christmas, Unabomber: The True Story, The President’s Child, “Everwood,” “Touched by an Angel,” “Archie Bunker’s Place.” Sundance Institute Playwright’s and Film Labs. Festival of New Theatre (Geva Theatre Center), Colorado New Play Summit (DCPA), Cleveland Playhouse: New Ground Theatre Festival.
MIRA HIRSCH (u/s Beverly) is delighted to be part of The Reservoir company after participating in the play’s Kendeda reading last year, during which she fell in love with Jake’s work and specifically, with the character of Beverly. Mira is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist-director-actor-producer-devisor-educator who has had the privilege of working with many of Atlanta’s great theatre companies over the past four decades, including Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity, the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Academy Theatre, and the late Jewish Theatre of the South, which she founded and ran for the whole of its 13-year lifespan. She currently teaches and directs theatre at the Atlanta International School and serves as an educational consultant and workshop leader with the National Jewish Theatre Foundation’s Holocaust Theatre International Initiative.
MARK KINCAID (Hank) has been a professional actor for over 40 years. For the last 28 years, he has made Atlanta home. There, his work has been seen on the stages of the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Theatrical Outfit, Actor’s Express, Theater Emory, Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Nationally, he has worked at The Old Globe Theatre, The McCarter Theatre, Merrimac Repertory Theatre, among others. For seven years he was a company member with The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival and twice toured the country with John Houseman’s The Acting Company. TV: “Your Worst Nightmare,” “Class of ‘09,” and “The Righteous Gemstones.”
R. CAMERON LEE (u/s Shrimpy, Hank) is excited to join the cast of The Reservoir on the Hertz stage at the Alliance Theatre. Cameron has been an oil field rig worker, a bar bouncer, an accountant, a bank vice president, and a college instructor before returning to his original field of interest, acting. He lives in
Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Kristy and their 2 wonderful cat-children where he continues to pursue his passion. Cameron’s credits include short films and local theatre projects.
RODNEY LIZCANO (Hugo/ Others) [he/they/el] At the DCPA: (22 seasons) The Book of Will (world premiere), American Mariachi (world premiere), Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, The Constant Wife, Frankenstein, Hamlet, American Night, Merchant of Venice, Spinning Into Butter, Inna Beginning, The Tempest, Gross Indecency, The Rivals, The Winter’s Tale, and A Christmas Carol. Other theaters: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, BETC, and Arvada Center. TV/Film: Silver City, directed by independent film maker John Sayles, and “Stage Struck” on Bravo. Training: Southern Methodist University (BFA), National Theatre Conservatory (MFA).
VANESSA LOCK (Patricia/ Others) [she/her] is a Washington DC-based actress and director and is thrilled to be making her debut at the Alliance. Regional: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Cherry Arts, Inc), God of Carnage (The Cape Playhouse/Signature Theatre), The Wolves (NextStop Theatre). TV/Film: Lock In, A Haunting in Connecticut, “The Pretender,” “Two of a Kind,” “Caroline in the City,” “Mad About You.” Theatre Arts Director at Oakton High School in Virgina for 15 years, and the recipient of the 2023 Inspirational Teacher Award presented by the Broadway Jimmy Awards. Education: BFA Theatre, Ithaca College.
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LIAM MCKENNA (Hugo/Others [5/2—5/4], u/s Josh, Hugo, Others) [he/him] is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Group 49. Regional: Testament (Saratoga Shakespeare Company). TV/Film : Ultraviolence, “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS). 1022m / Clear Talent Group @liamwmckenna
MICHELLE NEIL (u/s Irene, Patricia, Others) is thrilled to be part of The Reservoir at the Alliance! She began her career in the Sydney theatre scene, producing and performing in shows like Closer (Anna) and When the Rain Stops Falling (Older Gabrielle). In London, she starred in and produced Feathers by Eliza Power. Recent credits include August: Osage County (Producer/Actor) in Atlanta and roles in the TV movies The Happiness Playbook and Valentine’s Town. Follow her at @michneil on Insta.
PHILIP SCHNEIDER (Josh) is grateful to be telling a Jewish story in his equity theatre debut. He plays Bobby Gilmore in the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel. This performance is dedicated to Grandma Bunny, Grandpa Jack, Grandma Ducks, and Grandpa Phil. @philipfineschneider
LORI WILNER (Beverly)
Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic, Pictures from Home, Fiddler on the Roof (2005 and 2015), The Assembled Parties, A Catered Affair, On a Clear Day…, The Diary of Anne Frank, Domesticated, Beautiful, Awake and Sing!, People in the Picture, Those Were the Days, and Everett Beekin. Off-Broadway/Regional: Hannah Senesh (Drama Desk nomination), Milk and Honey, Cabaret, Giant, Broadway Bound, Relativity, Indecent, Other Desert Cities, Lost in Yonkers, Sisters Rosensweig, The Foreigner, The Immigrant, and more. TV/Film: “Succession,” “New Amsterdam,” “Grave Matters,” “Poker Face,” Second Guessing Grandma, Gebürtig, Wagners Jews, Do Nothings, The Eighth Day, Your Lips Never Left Mine.
PETER VAN WAGNER (Shrimpy) At the Alliance: My Fair Lady, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Broadway: Grand Horizons, A Thousand Clowns. Off-Broadway: This Beautiful Future (Cherry Lane); Othello (Delacorte); So Help Me God (Lucille Lortel); and Letters from Cuba (Signature). Regional: The Reservoir, Choir Boy, Eliot Ness…in Cleveland (Denver Center Theatre); Prayer For the French Republic (Huntington); Grand Horizons (Asolo); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Two River); The Cherry Orchard (Yale Rep); Fiddler on the Roof (The Muny); On the Twentieth Century (Goodspeed). TV/Film: “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” “The Post,” “Tower Heist,” “Annie,” “Arthur,” “Law & Order,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Good Wife,” “Rescue Me.” SAG Award for “Boardwalk Empire.”
JAKE BRASCH (Playwright) [he/they] is a writer + performer + composer + clown and a recent graduate of The Juilliard School. His play The Reservoir is in co-production between the Geffen Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, and Denver Center. Jake recently won both national awards named for Paula Vogel — from the Kennedy Center and The Vineyard Theatre. He is the inaugural Terrence McNally Recovery Commission recipient and was recently named a finalist for the Alliance/Kendeda Playwriting Competition. He’s a proud alum of the Page 73 Writers Group and Youngblood at The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Jake is currently developing work with the Manhattan Theatre Club, Alliance Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Denver Center, South Coast Rep, The Acting Company, The Farm Theater, and the EST/Sloan
Project. With playwright Nadja LeonhardHooper, Jake is a Co-Founder of American Sing-Song, a collective that writes and performs filthy hour-long comedic musicals. Jake has long worked as a birthday party clown in the Tri-State area and is developing a sitcom based on his exploits. He has three brothers, owns 18 pairs of glasses, and lives in Brooklyn with his brilliant husband, Tyler Brasch. BFA: NYU Tisch. jakebrasch.com
SHELLEY BUTLER (Director) has worked extensively with writers on new plays and musicals at theaters across the country and has over 40 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional credits to date. Notable productions include: the world premiere of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House Part 2 at South Coast Repertory, the world premiere of Kate Hamill’s The Scarlet Letter for Two River Theater, and The Constant Wife by William Somerset Maugham for the Denver Center Theatre Company. Shelley spent two seasons as artistic associate in charge of new play development for Hartford Stage, three seasons as artistic associate for Great Lakes Theater Festival and currently serves as Artistic Director for the newly created South Carolina New Play Festival. Learn more at shelleybutler.com
TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Design) At the DCPA: The Constant Wife (Directed by Shelley Butler). Broadway: Water for Elephants (Tony nominated); Prayer for the French Republic, Clyde’s (Drama Desk); Derren Brown’s Secret. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, NYTW, Playwrights, Public, Rattlestick, Second Stage, Signature, Vineyard, among others. Other Projects: La Bohème (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), Until the Flood (Shaubühne, Berlin), and Bug (Steppenwolf). Recipient of Michael Merrit, Drama Desk, Obie, Jeff, and Suzi Bass Awards. Associate Professor, University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.
SARA RYUNG CLEMENT (Costume Design) [she/her] Off-Broadway: Golden Shield (MTC); Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage Uptown); Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi). Regional: A Doll’s House Part 2 and Cambodian Rock Band (World Premiere, South Coast Repertory - Costumes); Fake It Until You Make It (Mark Taper/Arena Stage - Scenic). Other regional credits include: Boston Lyric Opera, Guthrie Theater, Portland Center Stage, Alley Theatre, Denver Center, Geffen Playhouse, Asolo Repertory, Folger Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, Seattle Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and others. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama; AB Princeton University. Set design faculty at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. sararyungclement.com
JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW (Lighting Design) is an award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and immersive installation. New York Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive.” Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Thanksgiving Play. Off-Broadway: The
Blood Quilt (LCT); The Connector (MCC); Manahatta and cullud wattah (The Public); Golden Shield (MTC); The Nosebleed (LCT3); american (tele) visions (NYTW); Snow in Midsummer (CSC). DCPA: Theater of the Mind, Choir Boy, Vietgone, Smart People. Regional: King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Macbeth in Stride (Yale Rep), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks). Other: Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova); Life & Trust (Emursive). jeanetteyew.com
MICHAEL COSTAGLIOLA (Sound Design/ Composer) is a New York-based sound designer and composer. His work has been heard in NY in productions by The Public, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, La MaMa, The Shed, Rattlestick, Little Island, Ars Nova, and Page 73, among others, as well as regionally at the Guthrie, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Two River Theater, Yale Rep, St. Louis Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and at various other theaters across the U.S. and abroad. AB in Music from Brown University, MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.
OLIVIA O’CONNOR (Dramaturg) [she/ her] is currently the Literary Manager and Dramaturg at Geffen Playhouse. Her previous creative development experience includes staff positions at Pittsburgh CLO (Manager of New Work Development) and Roundabout Theatre Company (Artistic Associate), as well as dramaturgy and selection committee work with the Ojai Playwrights Conference, City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Bricolage Production Company, The Flea Theater, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and the 5th Avenue Theatre. oliviaannoconnor.com.
GRADY SOAPES, CSA (Casting) [he/him] is the Director of Casting and Artistic Producer with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Grady has cast over 50 DCPA productions including Rattlesnake Kate, Theater of the Mind, The Chinese Lady, The Who’s Tommy, and The Wild Party. Choreography credits include A Christmas Carol (3 seasons), Twelfth Night, Goodnight Moon, Anna Karenina, As You Like It, Drag Machine, Lord of the Butterflies, DragON (Denver Center); Natasha, Pierre and…, Into the Woods, The Liar (Arvada Center); Comedy of Errors (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Grady also works as a Casting Director for Sylvia Gregory Casting where he has cast multiple commercials, TV, film, and video game projects.
JODY FELDMAN (Casting) began her theater career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the Assistant General Manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. It was at the Academy that Jody realized the importance of theatre to a city’s cultural values and identity. Feldman started her career at the Alliance as casting director in 1991 and added producer to her title and responsibilities in 2001. She has cast and produced more than 250 productions at the Alliance, encompassing a range of world premieres that include The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Blues for An Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, The Geller Girls by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, more than 20
years of Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida; The Color Purple; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring It On: The Musical; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Harmony, A New Musical; The Prom; Trading Places, and exciting new plays developed specifically for children and families, which is integral to the expansion of audience and mission for the Alliance. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance community engagement and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for civic conversation and connection.
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA, CSA (Casting) [she/ her] is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for Geffen Playhouse. Recent productions include: The Inheritance: Part 1 & Part 2 (Artios Award), Every Brilliant Thing, The Power of Sail, Witch, and Barbecue. Before joining the Geffen, she cast for Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago where her favorites include Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse, National Theatre in London, and Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Play) and the original production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Broadway transfers include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony Award for Best Revival), The Song of Jacob Zulu, and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
CLAIRE BURKE and TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Selected Broadway/Tours: BOOP! The Musical (upcoming), Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (upcoming), Buena Vista Social Club (upcoming), Death Becomes Her, Left on Tenth, The Wiz, The Heart of Rock & Roll, The Who’s Tommy, The Outsiders, Water for Elephants, Back To The Future, Here Lies Love, Bad Cinderella, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, KPOP, Mr. Saturday Night, SIX, Ain’t Too Proud, The Band’s Visit, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, School of Rock, Aladdin, Billy Elliot, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera. Selected Off-Broadway: Dead Outlaw, Buena Vista Social Club, Gardens of Anuncia, Sing Street. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Huntington, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe. Film: Here Today.
The non-profit DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (DCPA) is the Rocky Mountain region’s premier performing arts organization — and we’re on a mission to engage and inspire one million people per year through the transformative power of live theatre. Opening its doors on New Years Eve 1979 in downtown Denver’s Arts Complex, the DCPA consists of six programming lines that place our guests at the center of everything we do. We bring Broadway’s hottest touring shows to the Mile High City and our Tony Award-winning Theatre Company produces handcrafted classics, world premieres, and modern hits with help from local artisans. We are an incubator for new play development, honing works that have been produced in regional theatres, on Broadway, and on the big screen. DCPA Off-Center is an industry leader in immersive theatrical experiences,
constantly pushing the limits of our artform. Our theatrically trained Event Services staff collaborates with clients to host unforgettable events in dramatic spaces. At the DCPA, we go way beyond the stage, nurturing a lifelong love for theatre in students of all ages through DCPA Education classes and plays. Together, we’re engaging with people from every corner of our community to build a more inclusive home for all artistic voices. Visit us at denvercenter.org to learn more.
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE has been a hub of the Los Angeles theater scene since opening its doors in 1995. Noted for its intimacy and celebrated for its world-renowned mix of classic and contemporary plays, provocative new works and second productions, the not-forprofit organization continues to present a body of work that has garnered national recognition. Named in honor of entertainment mogul and philanthropist David Geffen, who made the initial donation to the theater, the company was founded by Gilbert Cates and is currently helmed by Executive Director/CEO Gil Cates, Jr., Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney and Board Chair Adi Greenberg. Proudly associated with UCLA, the Geffen welcomes an audience of more than 130,000 each year, and maintains extensive education and community engagement programs, designed to involve underserved young people and the community at large in the arts. geffenplayhouse.org
LIZ CAMPBELL (Stage Manager) [she/her] is thrilled to be bringing this show from Denver to her home theatre. Recent Alliance credits include: A Christmas Carol, Babble Lab, A Tale of Two Cities, The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Bina’s Six Apples. Other local credits include: RENT, The Shining (The Atlanta Opera), The Drowsy Chaperone, Camelot, The World Goes Round, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); In the Continuum (Synchronicity Theatre); Book of Will and It’s a Wonderful Life (Theatrical Outfit). She has been the Stage Manager for the GHSMTA (Shuler Awards) since 2015. She holds a BFA in Theatre from Niagara University. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Co-founder of Atlanta Theatre Artists for Justice. Love to Ali and Maggie.
SAMANTHA HONEYCUTT (Assistant Stage Manager) studied Stage Management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro before beginning her career working across the country. Her credits include: Year of the Rooster, When January Feels like Summer, and Five Times in One Night (Ensemble Studio Theater). Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, and Music Man (Cape Playhouse). Frankenstein, Hairspray, Penny Candy, American Mariachi, Supreme Leader (Dallas Theater Center). Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous (Hartford Stage), and Trading Places, Everybody, A Gift of Love with Adam L. McKnight, Hot Wing King, The Boy Who Kissed The Sky, Water For Elephants, Into the Burrow: A Peter Rabbit™ Tale, Furlough’s Paradise, The Preacher’s Wife, and The Mountaintop.
TINASHE KAJESE-BOLDEN (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) began her tenure at the Alliance in 2016 as the BOLD Associate Artistic Director, assuming her current role in 2023. Originally from Zimbabwe, Kajese-Bolden combines her commitment to great art, deep education and community empowerment with an agile enthusiasm and unflappable, calm energy to inspire new possibilities. KajeseBolden honed her directing and producing skills as a freelance director working in regional houses across the country and on set. As a director and actor, she fosters deep ongoing collaborations with playwrights and has mounted innovative and critically acclaimed productions that merge elegant, theatrical designs with complicated human stories. A Princess Grace Award 2019 Winner for Directing, and Map Fund Award recipient as a director and actor, she has worked on and Off-Broadway as well as recurring roles in the Marvel universe “Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special,” Suicide Squad, “Hawkeye,” and CW’s “Valor,” “Dynasty,” HBO’s “Henrietta Lacks,” Ava Duverney’s “Cherish the Day,” among others. Up next, she is developing a new Opera, Forsythe is Flooding: The Joy of Lake Lanier, and proudly serves on the ARTSATL Artist Advisory Council. “My mission is the pursuit of what connects our different communities and how we create art that liberates us to imagine a more inclusive future.”
CHRISTOPHER
MOSES (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) has been working in professional theatre for twenty years and in 2022 was given the Governor’s Award for Arts in Humanities for his body of work. In January of 2011, Chris took on the position of Director of Education at the Alliance Theatre, overseeing the Alliance Theatre Institute (twice recognized as an Arts Model by the Federal Department of Education), Theatre for Youth & Families, and the Acting Program. Since taking over this position, Chris has expanded the reach and impact by making the Alliance Theatre Education department a vital resource for advancing the civic agenda of Atlanta. This work is accomplished through deep and sustained partnerships with social service organizations throughout the city. Under his leadership, the Alliance launched its Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young program, which provides fully interactive professional theater experiences for children of all abilities from ages newborn through five years old; the Alliance Teen Ensemble, which performs world premiere plays commissioned for and about teens; the Palefsky Collision Project, where teens produce a new work after colliding with a classic text; expanded the Alliance’s summer camp program to include over 3,000 children in multiple locations across Atlanta; and Alliance@work, a professional development program designed for the business sector — the latest offering of which uses theatre practice to create a culture of civility in the workplace. In 2014, Chris added the title Associate Artistic Director, and has continued to expand the Alliance’s education offerings. During his tenure in this position, the Alliance has produced over a dozen world premiere plays for young audiences, including Pancakes, Pancakes! by Ken Lin,
The Dancing Granny by Jireh Breon Holder, Max Makes a Million by Liz Diamond, and The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Madhuri Shekar. Currently, the Alliance serves over 100,000 students pre-k—12 each season, as well as over 4,000 adults through its extensive education offerings. In 2023, he was named Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre.
MIKE SCHLEIFER (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2014 as the General Manager and in 2016, assumed the role of Managing Director. During his time at the Alliance, Mike has led the administrative and producing team on over 100 productions including bringing Tuck Everlasting and The Prom to Broadway. He was one of the architects of the “On the Road” season while a multimillion dollar renovation of the Coca-Cola Stage was underway. Mike is excited to have started the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee at the Alliance and to serve on the board of the League of Resident Theatres and True Colors Theatre Company. Prior to Atlanta, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage working in several roles including Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Stage Manager. While in Baltimore, Mike was an adjunct faculty member at
Towson University and has guest-lectured all over the country. Mike began as a Stage Manager and has dozens of stage management credits between his time in New York and working regionally. Mike is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)
Founded in 1913, AEA is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org
As is wonderfully shown in the play, The Reservoir, we see that recovery takes a village and a community. Sometimes our coping mechanisms for mental anguish involve substances. When life is difficult, we all look for ways to feel safe and better. Exasperated by incarceration and homelessness, many of Atlanta’s community battles with a dual diagnosis of substance use and mental illness. There is a program in Atlanta that believes in the dignity of work, and how routine and holistic modalities can assist men in recovery.
Georgia Works opened its doors in south downtown Atlanta in 2013. It began after the founder, Bill McGahan, participated in the annual point-in-time count in Atlanta. After talking with dozens of men under bridges, and touring homelessness programs across the country, McGahan desired to create a program of dignity and determination here in Atlanta.
Georgia Works ends homelessness, criminal recidivism, and dependency through programs aimed at personal development in good habits, work ethic, and character. Our goal is self-sufficiency. Through therapeutic courses, recovery and 12 step meetings, and work force development, Georgia Works empowers men who are leaving addiction, incarceration, and homelessness to face mental health and real-life issues head-on. The hope of the program is a living wage community, supportive care, and relapse prevention.
During its development, there were those who thought the program would not have many participants. They believed that people would not want the structure or rigidity of a program that required people to work on themselves and to change. They were (and are) incorrect and as is shown in this play, the power of community and support are tools that can always make change possible.
By 2021 Georgia Works had over 1,000 successful graduates. Over 80% of these men remained successful — employed, housed, and back in the lives of their families.
Georgia Works is looking for mentors and advocates in our city. For more information, visit www.georgiaworks.net or contact Darlene Schultz (dschultz@ georgiaworks.net)
Bec Cranford, MDiv Director of Mental Health Services Georgia Works, Inc.
Alliance Theatre Sets Wonder Free.
And what delights during performances ignites a brighter future. You can invest in better tomorrows by supporting access for youth to experience world-class theatre on a stage that’s all their own. Now is the time.
Introducing The Goizueta Stage For Youth And Families,
a transformative new space designed to inspire young audiences year-round. Research shows that early access to live theater can significantly combat critical issues like low literacy rates and the urgent youth mental health crisis. To fulfill this promise, the Alliance Theatre is launching a $10 million Imagine Endowment to expand our capacity to serve more young people and sustain these enriching experiences in perpetuity. With this endowment, the Goizueta Stage will be a beacon of accessibility, welcoming children from all backgrounds and removing economic, geographic, and physical barriers to ensure that every child can engage with the magic of theatre for generations to come.
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Josh’s life is a mess. He’s come home to Denver from NYU to get his life together but can’t manage to stay sober. Desperate for camaraderie, he decides to bring his four loveable grandparents on his road to recovery. He drags them to Jazzercise class at the JCC. He pressures them into playing memory games. He forces them to eat spinach by the handful. And eventually, when he can no longer help his grandparents, they begin to help him.
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ABOUT THE ALLIANCE THEATRE
Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theatre in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance is led by Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses, and Managing Director Mike Schleifer. The Alliance is a recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® for sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement. In January 2019, the Alliance opened its new, stateof-the-art performance space, The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 135 productions, including eleven that have transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps, and in-school initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning. The Alliance Theatre values community, curiosity, collaboration, and excellence and is dedicated to representing Atlanta’s diverse community with the stories we tell, the artists, staff, and leadership we employ, and audiences we serve.
OUR MISSION
To expand hearts and minds onstage and off.
OUR VISION
Making Atlanta more connected, curious, and compassionate through theatre and arts education.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In the sincerest efforts to gain further understanding of the history that has brought us to reside on this land and to accept the knowledge that colonialism is a current and ongoing process under which we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation, we hereby acknowledge this native land of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
OFFICERS
Chair
E. Kendrick Smith
Vice Chair
Allison O’Kelly
Treasurer
Glenn Weiss
Secretary
Jennifer Boutté
Immediate Past Chair
Jocelyn Hunter
Ex-Officio
Hala Moddelmog
LIFETIME
DIRECTORS
Rita Anderson
Ken Bernhardt
Frank Chew
Ann Cramer
Linda Davidson
Laura Hardman
Hays Mershon
Richard S. Myrick
Helen Smith Price
Bob Reiser
Jane Shivers
H. Bronson Smith
Ben White
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kristin Adams
Norman Adkins
Kimberly Ajy
James Anderson
Farideh Azadi
Marc Balizer
Deisha Barnett
Alba Baylin
Maggie Blake Bailey
Bridget Blake
Kenny Blank
Terri Bonoff
Jennifer Boutté
Traci Bransford
Kristen Burke
Jeff Cashdan
Madeline Chadwick
Bruce Cohen
Miles Cook
LeighAnn Costley
Joe Crowley
Kelly Estrella
Katie Fahs
Reade Fahs
Howard Feinsand
Rick Gestring
Richard Goerss
Claire Gotham
Lila Hertz
Jocelyn Hunter
Malvika Jhangiani
Alexander Johnson
Jane Jordan Casavant
Anne Kaiser
John Keller
Matthew Kent
Andjela Kessler
Jim Kilberg
Jesse Killings
Carrie Kurlander
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Jean Ann McCarthy
Alan McKeon
Dori Miller
Jeffrey Miller
Hala Moddelmog
Phil Moïse
Allison O’Kelly
Victoria Palefsky
Jackie Parker
Paul Pendergrass
Anne Rambaud Herren
Stephanie Ray
Patty Reid
Margaret Reiser
Matthew Richburg
Robyn Roberts
Maurice Rosenbaum
Steve Selig
Kim Sewell
Mital Shah
Bill Sleeper
E. Kendrick Smith
Chandra Stephens-Albright
Charlita Stephens
Mark Swinton
Julie Teer
Lisa Bigazzi Tilt
Richard Valladares
Benny Varzi
Rebekah Wasserman
Glenn Weiss
Cristel Williams
Wai Wong
Todd Zeldin
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ADVISORY BOARD
Advisory Board Co-Chair
Laura Hardman
Advisory Board Co-Chair
Phil H. Moïse
Luis Andino
Andrew Barrow
Chris Brodnan
Johanna (Toni) Brookner
Maranie Brown
Carol Caines
La’Keitha Carlos
Mamie Dayan-Vogel
Candice Dixon
Malaika Dowdell
Brandon Fleming
Les Flynn
Allen Fox
Natalia Garzón Martínez
Lydia Glaize
Emmanuel Glaze
Caroline Gold
Meghan Gordon
Tevin Goss
Jeff Graham
Aulona Graham-Simms
Dr. Eve Graves, Ph.D.
Erica Greenblatt
Della Guidry
Dr. Lindsey Hardegree
Campbell Hastings
Mallika Kallingal
Jodi Kalson
Dr. Laura Kelly
January LaVoy
Jennifer Lee
JoJasmin “Jo” Lopez
Carlton Mackey
Nelly Mauta
Tre’Von McKay
Robbie Medwed
Juan Mejia
Aprille Moore
Jane Morgan
Zach Nikonovich Kahn
Amy Norton King
Susan Sim Oh
Kisan Patel
Pedro Pavón
Marion Phillips
Daniel Regenstein
Michelle Robinson
Daniella Sandino
Wendy Schmitt
Dr. Shenara Sexton
Sarah Anne Smith
Alicia Thompson
Ana Urrego
Christopher Walker
Emily Washburn
Melinda Weekes-Laidlow
Angie Weiss
Joni Williams
ALLIANCE 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.
$500,000+
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
$250,000+
Anonymous
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Shubert Foundation
WestRock
$100,000+
Accenture
Chestnut Foundation
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Georgia Power
The Home Depot Foundation
Invesco QQQ
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Fund
King & Spalding
Norfolk Southern
PNC
The Rich’s Foundation
Truist
Warner Bros. Discovery Zeist Foundation
$50,000+
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America
Cadence Bank
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
Edgerton Foundation
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Natural Gas
Google
Jones Day
Kendeda Fund
Liz Blake Giving Fund
Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Vision
Wellstar Foundation
$25,000+
Anthem
Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition, powered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Comcast
Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Graphic Packaging
The Imlay Foundation, Inc.
Johnny Mercer Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Northside Hospital
Peach State Health Plan
Southwire
$10,000+
AEC Trust
Alexander Babbage
Alston & Bird
Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation
Do a Good Day Foundation
Eversheds Sutherland
George M. Brown Trust of Atlanta
Georgia-Pacific
John & Mary Franklin Foundation
SCANA Energy
South Arts
The Harold & Mimi
Steinberg Charitable Trust
$5,000+
American Institutes for Research
Anonymous
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Osiason Educational Foundation
Perkins&Will
Publix Super Market Charities
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Individual, foundation, and corporate donors contribute more than $10 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for your support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/waystogive or call 404-733-5157.
Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund.
PREMIERE SUPPORT
Spotlight $100,000+
Mr. James E. Gay*
Dan & Garnet Reardon
The SKK Foundation
Artistic Director’s Circle
$50,000+
Starr Moore & the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation
Chairman’s Circle
$25,000+
The Antinori Foundation Around the Table Foundation
Ms. Stephanie Blank
Ann & Jeff Cramer
Heidi & David Geller
David & Carolyn Gould
Jocelyn J. Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ivester
Jesse Killings
Daniel Marks & Keri Powell
Rosemarie & David Thurston
Leadership Circle
$15,000+
Ali & Farideh Azadi
Maggie Blake Bailey & Andrew Bailey
Brian & Jennifer Boutté
Jane Jordan Casavant
Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan
Barbara & Steve Chaddick
Katie & Reade Fahs
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
Doris & Matthew Geller
Anne & Scott Herren
Mr. Matthew D. Kent & Mr.
Joseph C. Miller
Jane & J. Hicks Lanier
Kristie L. Madara
Barry & Jean Ann McCarthy
Phil & Caroline Moïse
Allison & Shane O’Kelly
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Patty & Doug Reid
Bob & Margaret Reiser
Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum
Linda & Steve Selig
Ms. Mital Shah
William & Margarita Sleeper
Dean DuBose & Bronson
Smith
Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee
Spangler
Mark Swinton
Tim & Maria Tassopoulos
Richard & Melissa Valladares
Benny & Roxanne Varzi
Mr. & Mrs. Art Waldrop
Ramona & Ben White
Amy & Todd Zeldinn
Director’s Circle
$10,000+
Ms. Kristin Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Adkins
Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy
James Anderson
Deborah L. Bannworth & Joy Lynn Fields
Deisha Barnett
Alba C. Baylin
Brian & Bridget Blake
Terri Bonoff & Matthew Knopf
Judge JoAnn Bowens
Martha & Toby Brooks
Mr. Adam Burke & Mrs.
Kristen Wood Burke
Madeline Chadwick
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III
Mr. Bruce R. Cohen
Ezra Cohen Charitable Fund
Miles & Nicole Cook
LeighAnn & Chad Costley
Joe Crowley & Phil Mack
Kelly Estrella
Rick Gestring
Marsha & Richard Goerss
Claire Gotham
Timothy Hardy & Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Doug & Lila Hertz
Malvika Jhangiani & Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
Anne & Mark Kaiser
John C. Keller
Mr. James Kieffer
James & Lori Kilberg
Brian & Carrie Kurlander
Ms. Evelyn Ashley & Mr. Alan B. McKeon
Dori & Jack Miller
Jeffrey Miller
Paul Pendergrass & Margaret Baldwin
Diane & Mark Perlberg
Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller
Matt Richburg
Robyn Roberts & Kevin Greiner
Mr. George Russell, Jr. & Mrs. Faye Sampson-Russell
Lynne & Steve Steindel
Lisa Tilt
Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Waffle House
Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenny Goggins
Mark & Rebekah Wasserman
Ms. Cathy Weil
Suzy Wilner
R. Wai Wong
BENEFACTORS
$5,000+
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Asher
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Balizer
Lisa & Joe* Bankoff
Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates
Ken Bernhardt & Cynthia Currence
Natalie & Matthew Bernstein
Traci Bransford
Franklin & Dorothy Chandler
Ann & Jim Curry
Diane Durgin
Kathy & Jason Evans
Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette
Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Goldstein
Janin & Tad Hutcheson
Jason & Laurie Jeffay
Mr. Charles R. Kowal
Dr. & Mrs. John Lee
Burrelle Meeks
Helen M. Regenstein*
Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer
Charlita Stephens & Delores Stephens
Susan & Alan* Stiefel
Russ & Cam Still
Maria-Ruth Storts
Chuck Taylor & Lisa CannonTaylor
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Weiss
Bryan & Carrie Williams
Cristel Williams
$2,500+
Anonymous (2)
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen
Mr. Andrew Benator
Ms. Raluca Bighiu
Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe
Candace Carson
Melodie H. Clayton
Rita & Ralph* Connell
Linda & Gene* Davidson
Marcia & John Donnell
The Robert S. Elster Foundation
Mrs. Anuja Gagoomal & Dr. John Stites
Karen & Andrew Ghertner
Mr. David F. Golden
Shauna Grovell
Jeff Hancock
Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman
Ariana Hargrave
Henry & Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation
Monique & Justin Honaman
Linda & Richard Hubert
Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt T. Johnson
Lloyd & Mary* McCreary
Hala & Steve Moddelmog
Clair & Thomas Muller
Joan Netzel & John Gronwall
Sam & Barbara Pettway
Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak
Ms. Kristin L. Ray
Dana Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg
Jane & Rein Saral
Ms. Donna Schwartz
Kashi Sehgal
Mr. & Mrs. S. Albert Sherrod
Mr. David C. Shih
Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong
Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats
Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright
Julie Teer
Kathy Gillespie Tomajko
Dana Weeks Ugwonali & Obi Ugwonali
Kim Boldthen & Carolyn Wheeler
Ms. Karen E. Willenken
The Zaban Foundation
$1,500+
Anonymous
Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams
Mr. E. Scott Arnold
Ellen Arnovitz
Ms. Johanna Brookner
Aubrey & Carol Bush
Susan & Edward Croft
Eve Joy Eckardt
Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile
Tim & Tina Eyerly
Marie & Brad Foster
Sandeep Goyal & Taylor England
Della & Theo Guidry
Warren M. Gump
Louise S. Gunn
Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel
Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky
Ashley & Elton James
Alexander Johnson & Susan Somersille Johnson
Boland & Andrea Lea Jones
Mark Keiser
Andjela & Michael Kessler
David Long & Starane Shepherd
Ms. Addie P. Mathes & Mr. Richard Knittel
Greg & Gillian Matteson
Burt & Ruth Mirsky
Fabienne Moore
Dennis & Debra Murphy
Denis Ng & Mary Jane Panzeri
John & Helen Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Armond Perkins
Peg Petersen
Dr. Denise Raynor
Daniel Regenstein, in Honor of Helen Regenstein
Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg
Ms. Tiffany Rosetti
Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III
Jay Small
Ms. Amy Speas
Dr. & Mrs. Harry Strothers
Judith & Mark Taylor
Valerie & Anthony Thomas
Stan & Velma Tilley
Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Vazquez
Ms. Avril Vignos
Mamie Dayan-Vogel & Steven Vogel
John T. & Patricia Walsh
Gail Crowder & Claude Wegscheider
William & Nancy Yang
Noam Zelman & Susan Hirschh
PATRONS
$1,000+
Anonymous (2)
Mr. George T. Baker
Jill Blair and Fay Twersky
Dr.* & Mrs. S. Wright Caughman
David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin
Richard & Grecia Cox
Celeste Davis-Lane
Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards
Howard & Ellen Eisenberg
Dr. Marla Franks & Rev.
Susan Zoller
Drs. Cathie & Hugh Hudson
Veronica Kessenich
Ivory D. Kimbrough
Amy & Jeremy King
Christina Kramer
Judith Lyon
Anna & Hays Mershon
Debbie & Lon Neese
Deborah W. Royer
Mike Schleifer & Laura Hackman
Jane E. Shivers
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Taylor
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor
Christopher Walker
Lynne Winship
Mr. & Mrs. Brent Yamaato
ALLIANCE THEATRE MONTHLY SUSTAINER SOCIETY
We would like to thank our donors who have committed to giving us a recurring monthly donation to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Join today: www.alliancetheatre.org/sustainer
Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Abes
Mr. Faraz Ahmed
Mr. E. Scott Arnold
Dr. Evelyn Babey
Christine Brodnan
Maranie Brown
Dr. Deloris Bryant-Booker
Dean Jordan & Lee Burson
Karen & Harold Carney
Mr. Quentin David Cashman
Elizabeth Corrie
Christopher Cox & Draco Bohannon
Gray & Marge Crouse
Nash Ditmetaroj
Malaika Dowdell
Les Flynn
Christine & Andrew Fry
Emmanuel Glaze
Caroline Gold
Erica Greenblatt
Bryant Gresham & Alexander Bossert
Ms. Jo Ann Haden-Miller & Mr. William Miller
Lindsey E. Hardegree
Ms. Linda Hare & Mr. Gerald Barth
Becca Hogue
Steven & Kimberly Hoovestol
Karen Jones
Kelley J. Jordan-Monné
Amy & Jeremy King
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kraft
Dr. Andrea W. Lawrence
January LaVoy
Joyce Lewis
Ms. Lauren Linder & Mr. Jonathan Grunberg
Christian & JoJasmin Lopez
Stephen Lynch
Alison Main
Heather & Jim Michael
Tracy Moore
Lori & Jonathan Peterson
Ms. Kendrick Phillips
Marion Phillips
Marc & Jean Pickard
Deborah G. Robinson
Mr. Howard Rowe
Barbara Schreiber
Tom Slovak & Jeffery Jones
Sarah Anne Smith
Charles Thompson
Ms. Stephanie Van Parys & Mr. Robert A. Cleveland
Ben Warshaw
Caitlin Way
Mr. & Mrs. Napoleon A. Williams
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MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
Many companies offer a matching gifts program for employees and retirees. You can double, or even triple, your gift at no additional cost to you simply by asking your employer! Think of how much further your donation can go.
We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. To find out more about matching gifts, contact Edward McCreary at edward.mccreary@alliancetheatre.org.
AIG Corporation
American Express
Aon Risk Solutions
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
AT&T
Bank of America/Merrill
BlackRock
Bryan Cave-Powell
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Chubb Charitable Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Deloitte
Equifax Inc. Foundation
John and Mary Franklin Foundation
LEGACY SOCIETY
GE Energy
Georgia Power
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift
Goldstein
Google
Hearst Foundations
Home Depot Foundation
Honda Motor Co.
IAC, Inc
IBM
JPMorgan Chase
Kimberly-Clark
Lynch
MacArthur Foundation
Macy’s Foundation
McDonald’s Corporation
McMaster-Carr Supply
Microsoft Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Principal Financial Group Foundation
Prudential Financial
Publix Super Markets
Salesforce.com, Inc.
Sprint
Truist
Thrivent Financial for Lutherns
Veritiv Corporation
Verizon Corporation
The Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo Yahoo!
Celebrating our supporters who have made a legacy gift to the Alliance Theatre.
The Legacy Society celebrates individuals who have made a planned gift to the Alliance Theatre. Including the Alliance in your estate plans is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for the Alliance Theatre and its mission, while accommodating your financial and philanthropic goals. With smart planning, you may increase the size of your estate and/or reduce the tax burden on your heirs. Just as important, you will know that you have made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the Alliance Theatre.
To learn more about the Legacy Society, please contact Edward McCreary at edward.mccreary@alliancetheatre.org.
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Rita M. Anderson
Roland & Linda Bates
Kathy* & Ken Bernhardt
Anne & Jim Breedlove
Ezra Cohen
Ann & Jeff Cramer
Susan & Edward Croft
Sallie Adams Daniel
Linda & Gene* Davidson
Terry & Stacy Dietzler
Diane Durgin
Elizabeth Etoll
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
Dorie Gallagher
James Edward Gay*
Laura & John Hardman
Nancy* & Glen* Hesler
P.J. Younglove Hovey
David A. Howell*
William & Debbie Hyde
Lauren & David Kiefer
David Kuniansky
Virginia Vann* & Ken Large
Edith Love*
Lauren & John McColskey
Anna & Hays Mershon
Caroline & Phil Moïse
Winifred & Richard*
Myrick
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Armond & Sharon Perkins
Jan Pomerantz & Everett Wilcox
Helen M. Regenstein*
Margaret & Robert Reiser
Betty Blondeau-Russell*
Tricia & Neal Schachtel
Debbie* & Charles Shelton III
Jane E. Shivers & Bill Sharp
Roger Smith & Christopher Jones*
Ron* & Kathy Tomajko
Lee Harper & Wayne Vason
Terri & Rick Western
Ramona & Ben White
* deceased
ARTISTIC
Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Christopher Moses
Producer & Casting Director
Producing & Casting Assistant
Distinguished Artist in Residence
BOLD Associate Artistic Director
Director of New Work
BOLD Producing Associate
Jody Feldman
Brant Adams
Pearl Cleage
Marie Cisco
Amanda Watkins
Abrianna Belvedere
Director of Community Engagement, Partnership, & IDEA Daviorr Snipes
Staff Electricians Joy Diaz, Rochelle Riley, Neil Anderson
Properties
Props Department Director
Suzanne Cooper Morris
Props Artisans Parker Ossmann, Bruce Butkovich
Props Artisan/Buyer
Technical Director
Associate Technical Director
Shop Supervisor
Lead Welder
Scenery
Teaching Artists
Abigail Bowers, Abigail Kincheloe, Addison Peacock, Alexandria Walker, Allison Gardner, Andi Stanesic, Andrea Washington, Angel Fabian Rivera, Ann Marie Meeker, Anna McCarthy, Anna Oakley, April
Andrew Carswell, Aria Armstead, Audrey Myers, Autumn Stephens, Avery Sharpe, Barry Mann, Brad Raymond, Brandon L. Smith, Brantley Waller, Brie Wolfe, Brittani Minnieweather, Brittany Loffert, Caitlin Slotnick, Caleb Vaughn, Calyria Jyvonne Reynolds, Cara Mantella, Caroline Donica, Casey Navarro, Chanel Davis, Chase Anderson, Chelcy Cutwright, Chelsea Brown, Cece Campbell, Chloe Lomax, Christopher Nastasi, Clayton Landey, Coriana Raynor, Courtney Moors-Hornick, Da’Quan Cooney, Cody Benfield, Dan Triandiflou, Daniel Caffrey, Daniela Santiago, Danielle Montgomery, Davia Weatherill, David DeVries, David Kote, Deja Holmes, Dru Sky Berrian, E Haeberlin, Ebony Golden, Ebony Tucker, Elaina Walton, Ethan Davis, Eugene Russell, Gloria Martin, Hananya Allen, Hannah Chatham, Hannah Church, Harriet Bass, Hayden Weiss, Hollie Rivers, Imani Quinones, Isaac Breiding, Issa Solis, Ja’Siah Young, Jada Gorgor, James Patrick, James Williams, Javaron Conyers, Jeremiah Hobbs, Jessenia Ingram, Jetta Whitehurst, Jimez Alexander, John Doyle, Joseph Quintana, Josh Price, Julia Walters, Julie Woods Robinson, Julissa Sabino, Karen Aguirre, Kate Varner, Katherine Taylor, Katie Causey, Katie Wickline, Kierra Edwards, Kim Baran, Kira Rockwell, Kristian Martinez, Lamar Hardy, Lauren Alexandra, Laurin Dunleavy, Leah Thomas, Lee Osorio, Lilly Heidari, Lon Bumgarner, Lydia Rice, Maddy Roberts, Madeleine Noe, Madison Junod, Madison VandenOever, Marc Collins, Marcia Faith Harper, Marcia Harvey, Marielle Martinez, Marissa Kovach, Marquelle Young, Mary Claire Page, Mary Michael Patterson, Matt Baum, Matthew Caleb Brown, Maxwell H. Breaux, Maya Lawrence, Megan Cramer, Megan Wartell, Melissa “Mel” Ottaviano, Monteze Sutton, Morayo Otujo, Morgan Rysdon-Moulitsas, Myah Harper, Natalie Brown, Nicole Price, Nicolette Emanuelle, Patricia de la Garza, Patrick McColery, Phillia Prior, Rachel Da Silva, Razaria Denae Copeland, Riley Schatz, Rimothy Miracle Bennett, Robyn Sutton-Fernandez, Rodney Williams, Ryan Dinning, Sarah Mack Price, Sarah Oguntomilade, Sarah Wallis, Sariel Toribio, Shane Simmons, Shaniya Horton, Sharon Foote, Sierra Christensen, Stephen Ruffin, Tafee Patterson, Terence Lee, Theresa Davis, Tiffany Hobbs, Tramaine Jones, Tylia De’Armond, Vallea Woodbury, William Amato, Wynne Kelly, Zuri Petteway
Teen Ensemble Members
Alyssa Carr, Joshua Byrom, Saheim Patrick, Abigail May Watson, Jackson Millarker, Caleb Thomas, CJ Perkins, Adiya Stubblefield, Vanathi Parthiban, Ja’Kyah Jackson, Daniel McCall, Abigail Dougherty, Anshula Phadke, Eliana Leaks, Elliott Elliott, Kennedy O’Neil, Chloe Jarrett, Syrenity Hall, Helena Denton, Malaysia West-Lewis, Ella Dameron, Aja Najib, Taliyaah Muhammad, Rahul Daswani, Jeronimo Dye, Laila Drew, Chelsea Smith, Haley Smith
MANAGEMENT
Managing Director
Company Manager
Kimberly Townsend
Rigel Powell
Luke Robinson
Patrick Conley
Chris Seifert
Carpenters Kevin Dyson, Paige Bergen, Marlon Wilson
Charge Scenic Artist Kat Conley
Scenic Artist
Director of Audio
Associate Director of Audio
Mike Schleifer
Laura Thruston
Assistant Company Manager Sara Cook
Administration & Finance
Director of Finance
Controller & Head of Administration
Staff Accountant
Accounting Coordinator
Accounts Payable Lead
Associate Director, Data Operations & Strategy
Amanda Nerby
Management Assistant
Sound
Michael Carrico
Aaron Vockley
Sound Engineers Tamir Eplan-Frankel, Emma Mouledoux, Graham Schwartz
Stage Management
Stage Managers
Liz Campbell, R. Lamar Williams, Barbara Gantt O’Haley
Stage Management Production Assistants Samantha Honeycutt, Myah Harper, Marshall Lee Smith, Jr.
National Vision Stage Management Fellow Xiaonan “Chloe” Liu
Stage Operations
Stage Operations Manager
Assistant Stage Operations Manager
Flyman
Automation Stagehand
Scott Bowne
Kate Lucibella
Willie Palmer Parks
John Victor Mouledoux Jr.
Properties Stagehand Nic Stephenson
EDUCATION
Dan Reardon Director of Youth & Families
Naserian Foundation Head of Early Childhood Programs
Head of Secondary Curriculum & Partnerships
Education Accounting Assistant
Administrative & Adult Program Manager
Camp Administrative Manager
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Olivia Aston Bosworth
Hallie Angelella
Liz Davis
Isabella Aguilar Irias
Robert Hindsman
Jayson T. Waddell
Aierelle Jacob
Alliance@Work Creative Director J. Noble
Head of Elementary School Programs
Out of School Program Manager
Artist in Residence & Teen Program Manager
Resident Artist & Allyship Program Director
Head of Education Advancement
Rebecca Pogue Fields
Robyn A. Rogers
Sam Provenzano
Maya Lawrence
Kristen Silton
Education Production Coordinator Jay Williams
Teaching Artist Liaison
Institute Program Coordinator
Blake Fountain
Katie Wolff
Director of Development
Development
Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships
Valerie Thomas
Elecia Crowley
Jasmine Burton
Julie Hall
Sharette Driver
Christina Dresser
Joseph Quintana
Trent Anderson
Natalie Adams
Manager, Board Relations & Special Events Kailan Daugherty
