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Funny how memories come back to us.

I just came from a first read-through of the play you’re about to see. These first read-throughs are wonderful and fragile events — the theatrical equivalent of first days of school, complete with all the attendant nerves, hopes and sharpened pencils. And I sat down with full expectation to be placed back in my earlier days’ experience of crushing on Peter Reigert as Sam, the pickle man.

And while I promise you that Andrew Benator will do you one better in the role, that isn’t where the read-through took me.

Instead, it took me with full force to my Grandma Rose’s living room. My Grandma Rose who had the most juicy laugh and joy in life of anyone I knew. My Grandma Rose, whose closet was a wonderland of shoes and purses and jewelry that were made to be tried on by her granddaughter, according to her. My Grandma Rose who spent time with her grandchildren one at a time so we could each know the rare delight of being the singular apple of this wondrous being’s eye — each of us believing fully that we were her favorite.

Crossing Delancey just gave her back to me for a little while.

So much of this Alliance season on the road was crafted to take us on new adventures, but so far it’s also been an amazing opportunity to revisit memories. Back to memories of seeing stunningly realized classics at the home of Georgia Shakespeare. Back to memories of avid audiences meeting wide open work at the home of Jewish Theatre of the South. Back to memories of Grandma Rose, who while Presbyterian by practice, was truly my bubbe by nature.

Funny, these memories.

Welcome. Whether it’s welcome back or welcome for the first time — welcome to a place that is made richer by everything you bring to the space, be it a memory of a play, a bubbe, or a pickle man.

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Mary Lynn Owen (left) and Sochi Fried play grandmother and granddaughter in this intergenerational comedy about love, family and connection.

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A’RIEL TINTER

With Crossing Delancey, the Alliance speaks to the heart of metro Atlanta’s Jewish community.

by Julie Bookman

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Mary Lynn Owen (top) plays Bubbie in this Alliance staging. In 1990, she played Izzy when Theatrical Outfit did Crossing Delancey.

Rebecca Pogue (bottom left), the Alliance’s institute program manager, and artistic director Susan V. Booth share a moment at the first rehearsal.

A bubbie to look out for you, help you stay connected to your heritage. One who hugs you too much, feeds you too much and loves you unconditionally.

The Yiddish name for grandmother is “bubbe.” In the Jewish tradition, one’s grandma has affectionately been called bubbie (or bubbe or bubby).

“Bubbie only wants the best for you,” says Toronto-based director Leora Morris, 33. “But our Bubbie doesn’t just want to tell you what’s best, she also wants you to figure it for yourself.”

The Alliance’s Woodruff Arts Center space is in the midst of a multimillion-dollar redo this season, as you may know, so shows are being staged nomadically at venues that make sense. So here we are at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta.

Susan Sandler’s romantic comedy fits the MJCCA, a popular spot with greater Atlanta’s Jewish community. They, among other audiences, should delight in Crossing Delancey’s use of Yiddish words and phrases. (Stop hocking me a chineick, for example, translates to “stop banging a teapot at me,” a colorful way to say “stop annoying me”).

The rom-com thrives on the deep bond between a determined Bubbie and her devoted granddaughter, Isabelle “Izzy” Grossman, who’s in her late 20s. And single.

The piece reminds young people that it’s important to have older people in their lives, says director Leora Morris, and vice versa.

The 1985 stage play became a 1988 movie with Amy Irving as Izzy and the late Reizl Bozyk as Bubbie. This wasn’t a world with cellphones and Match.com. It was still feasible that a Jewish grandmother might enlist a marriage-broker friend to help her granddaughter find Mr. Right.

The matchmaker, named Hannah, thinks a pickle merchant named Sam, a standup 10 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

guy who works hard to avoid smelling like pickle juice, is a fine mate for Izzy. Izzy is more interested in a handsome author. She doesn’t buy the whole arranged-marriage idea but gets pushback from Hannah, who argues that Izzy must concentrate on finding a good and kind man.

Bubbie, who’s in her 80s, came to the United States as a girl and never left

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Izzy lives uptown, “with bars on the windows like a prison,” Bubbie moans. “Someone should thinking.”

Morris thinks of the ’80s as a moment in New York City when social mobility shifted “in a revolutionary way.” Earlier Jewish immigrants were largely Yiddish-speaking tailors and bakers who found a tight-knit world in the Lower East Side. By the 1970s and ’80s, these immigrants and their offspring also had become part of the Upper West Side’s intelligentsia.

Delancey speaks to what it might have felt like then, Morris says, to be a contemporary Jewish woman uptown when your roots and customs were still downtown.

Morris, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama’s M.F.A. directing program, spent last season as the Alliance’s Yale Directing Fellow.

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admired Crossing Delancey, asked Morris to read it, then learned the young director felt a personal connection. As a Jewish woman who has wrestled with career and commitment, Morris could relate.

She believes theatergoers today will connect with the romantic comedy as well, through the humanity of the characters.

“The matchmaker may have become Match. com or JDate,” she says, “but the central questions haven’t changed much. The very human drama of figuring out who to love and how to identify who you love is not going away.” A

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FROM TOP: A rendering of Kat Conley’s set design. Andrew Benator plays Sam the pickle man opposite Mary Lynn Owens’ well-meaning Bubbie.

Onstage Again Daniel Thomas May is a popular and versatile actor, but you haven’t seen him on a metro stage since he played Dr. Givings in Synchronicity Theatre’s 2015 telling of In the Next Room, or the vibrator play.

He sees Crossing Delancey as the right vehicle at the right moment, playing Tyler Moss, an author with whom the leading lady is infatuated.

“Why me for this role?” he asks.

“Maybe because I have a good range. I’ve done the romantic lead, and I’ve done the cad. I’m fortunate to be able to do either, and I can have fun with both.”

May’s face is familiar to Alliance audiences (many Christmas Carols among other roles). He was a longtime member of Georgia Shakespeare’s repertory company and has twice played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. Creative Loafing voted him Atlanta’s best actor several times, and he’s a six-time nominee for Atlanta theater’s Suzi Bass awards.

Twice he’s been in the group of actors to win best ensemble.

May has been focusing on being a dad of late, as well as film and TV work, which often requires less of a time commitment than stage work does. He and wife Rachel May,

co-founder and producing artistic director of Atlanta’s Synchronicity, have a 10-year-old and 7-year-old twins.

On TV, May, who was raised in Snellville, has had roles in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Nashville” and “Drop Dead Diva.” In 2012, he played a protective dad named Allen on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” returning four years later for a flashback scene. “‘The Walking Dead’ was a great experience because it was my first real opportunity in TV to work as part of an ensemble,” May says. More often he’s on set for a day or two, as he was with “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” a TV movie in which he played a lawyer.

May shot the Tom Cruise movie now called American Made two years ago, playing “CIA Man.” It came out in late September. And he’s a preacher’s son in “Lore,” a creepy Amazon series that starts streaming in mid-October.

Still, theater is his first love. “The process and presentation of stage work, of being able to do a story from beginning to end during the course of one evening,” he says, “that’s what’s in my blood, and I’m always going to come back to it.”

— Julie Bookman

The Lower East Side of Manhattan

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anhattan’s Lower East Side was built on a piece of Manhattan Island into the East River. In the 19th century, the area’s single-family homes were abandoned for more elegant homes as the city expanded north. Because of the bump into the river, the Lower East Side was an inefficient commercial hub slightly disconnected from the island’s North/ South vertical arteries. The result was the creation of street after street of tenement housing, which became home to waves of immigrants.

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Delancey Street, the commercial hub of the neighborhood, connects to both Williamsburg in Brooklyn to the east and the commercial buildings of SoHo to the west. It’s wide and dangerous to cross on foot. From the 1920s to the 1950s, it was a thriving business district that, by 1980, had become home to shops serving a dwindling but still vibrant Jewish community.

In American theater, the Lower East Side often functions as a launching pad or point of departure. In the 1980s, 1.6 million Jewish residents of New York had spread

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NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY , J.B. LIGHTMAN

OPPOSITE: In Cliff Dwellers (1913) by George Bellows, residents spill out of tenement buildings onto stoops, sidewalks and fire escapes in what appears to have been a hot summer day on New York City’s Lower East Side; ABOVE: a bird’seye view of the Bowery, through which Delancey Street runs, seen here during The Great Depression, circa 1930s; RIGHT: a woman sells many kinds of cakes outside 164 Orchard Street on a cold December day in 1933.

out throughout the city helping to define New York culture for the rest of the country.

In the play, the neighborhood symbolizes unique American-Jewish traditions formed from the combination of many Jewish Ashkenazi traditions blending together in close geographic proximity. From lunches at the deli, pushcarts, pastrami and rye, pickles, the infiltration of Yiddishkeit into the essential New York vernacular, the Marx Brothers and the music of George and Ira Gershwin, the Lower East Side’s distinct culture came to define New York.

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CAST in alphabetical order * ANDREW BENATOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam * JOANNA DANIELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah * SOCHI FRIED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izzy * DANIEL THOMAS MAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler * MARY LYNN OWEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bubbie UNDERSTUDIES PAT BELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bubbie SHANNON McCARREN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izzy SUZANNE JORDAN ROUSH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah MICHAEL VINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam/Tyler STAGE MANAGEMENT * JAYSON T. WADDELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager (Sept. 4-Nov. 12) * lark hackshaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager (Nov. 13-25) SKYLAR BURKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant (Sept. 4-Nov. 5) DANIELLE RUDZKI HITCHCOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant (Nov. 7-25) PRODUCTION & DESIGN EMILY KLEYPAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Assistant FOR THIS PRODUCTION HAUZIA CONYERS, NIKI TRAXLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe STEVE JORDAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer WILLIE PALMER PARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Operations HAYLEE SCOTT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Operations GRAHAM SCHWARTZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Mixer SPECIAL THANKS To our hosts at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Carolyn Goldsmith and the members of the Jewish Tower Yiddish Group Audrey Galex Dave Schechter

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profiles ANDREW BENATOR (Sam) Alliance: Troubadour, Disgraced, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Vera Stark, Good People, August: Osage County, Eurydice, Tennis in Nablus, A Christmas Carol. In Atlanta: Between Riverside and Crazy, Race (True Colors); Seminar, Becky Shaw (Actor’s Express); Freud’s Last Session (Theatrical Outfit); The Tempest (Georgia Shakespeare), Women in Jeopardy, Boeing Boeing (Aurora Theatre). Off-Broadway: Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Valparaiso, Flu Season. Regional: Hartford TheaterWorks, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Sacramento’s B St. Theater, San Jose Rep, San Francisco’s Magic Theater. Film/TV: The Founder, Million Dollar Arm, Last of Robin Hood, “Stranger Things,” “Being Mary Jane,” “House of Payne.” 2016 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship recipient. www.andrewbenator.com

nomination). TV/film: “Condor,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “Murdoch Mysteries,” The Drawer Boy, Loretta’s Flowers and Leila.

Training: Ryerson University Theatre School and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She was named one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 theater artists of 2015.

DANIEL THOMAS MAY (Tyler) is a native of Atlanta, where he successfully juggles performances in film, television, stage and audiobook narration. A professional stage actor for more than 20 years with credits at the Alliance Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Georgia Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Actor’s Express and Synchronicity Theatre, Daniel is now most often recognized as Allen from AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” TV/film: “Nashville,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Being Mary Jane,” “Powers,” Killing JOANNA DANIELS (Hannah) Reagan, “The Vampire Diaries” and others.

Daniel has more than 200 credits as an An Atlanta native, Joanna is audiobook narrator, among them his Audie happy to be home and in this Award-nominated performance for CJ production with these talented Cherryh’s ongoing Foreigner science-fiction folks! Chicago: Ethel Mertz in I series of novels.

Love Lucy (Broadway Playhouse & national tour). L.A.: Becky’s New Car, When They Speak of Rita, Happy End, A Delicate Balance, (Pacific MARY LYNN OWEN Resident Theatre); Valsetz, The Foreigner (Bubbie) is delighted to revisit (Pasadena Playhouse); Sketch Comedy (ACME).

Crossing Delancey after playing NYC: On the Verge, What the Butler Saw, The Izzy in a 1990 Theatrical Outfit Roadblock (Uta Hagen). TV: “Mad About You,” production. Previously at the “HBO Sketchpad,” “Mad TV,” “Wings,” Alliance: Medea, Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue and A “Home Improvement,” “Coach,” “Ellen,” Christmas Carol. Atlanta credits include Wit “Home Team,” “Crystal Empire.” Film: Perfect and 4,000 Miles (Aurora Theatre); Kimberly Game, Something Wild, Jerry Maguire, Akimbo and Six Degrees of Separation (Actor’s Doublewide. Training: B.F.A. acting (FSU), Uta Express); The Glass Menagerie (Georgia Hagen (NYC), RADA (London).

Shakespeare); Third (Horizon Theatre); The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Georgia Ensemble Theatre); The Little Foxes (Theatre in the Square). Faculty SOCHI FRIED (Izzy) is member of Emory University’s theater studies thrilled to make her Alliance department, two-time Suzi award winner for debut. She grew up in New York lead and supporting actress, recipient of the City and Ottawa, Canada, and is Alliance Theatre’s Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab based in Toronto. Recent stage credits include Blood Weddings (Modern Times/ grant for her play Knead.

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profiles SHANNON McCARREN (U/S Izzy) is delighted to be understudying her first role at the Alliance Theatre. Her credits include Steel Magnolias (Theatre Raleigh); and Grease, The Secret Garden, The Snow Queen, The Sleepy Hollow Experience, Evita, Carousel and A Streetcar Named Desire (Serenbe Playhouse). Shannon graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in theater and was a member of the 2015/16 Serenbe Playhouse Apprentice Company. She extends gratitude to the Alliance for this unique opportunity, and to her family, friends and fellow artists for their endless love and inspiration.

PAT BELL (U/S Bubbie) is delighted to return to the Alliance, having previously understudied roles here for Frame 312, Bluish, Doubt and August: Osage County. Her most recent work onstage includes The Miracle Worker (Gypsy Theatre); Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks and The Unexpected Guest (OnStage Atlanta) and The Crucible (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse). She also is a standardized patient for the Emory School of Medicine. Love and hugs to Lily and Melody from Nana!

SUZANNE JORDAN ROUSH (U/S Hannah) is delighted to be part of this lovely production. Suzanne joined the Atlanta theater community in 1986, when she moved to Atlanta to be part of the Alliance Theatre Acting Intern program.

She has been seen on stages at the Alliance Children’s Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Marietta’s Theatre in the Square, Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, Georgia Shakespeare, Jewish Theatre of the South, Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Theatrical Outfit. Most recently she appeared at ART Station in The Dixie Swim Club and at Essential Theatre in Ravens and Seagulls. Love to Steve and Lili.

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MICHAEL VINE (U/S Sam/ Tyler) is thrilled to make his Alliance debut. Atlanta credits include The Glass Menagerie (Marietta’s Theatre in the Square); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare on Draught). Other regional credits: Peter and the Starcatcher, I’ ll Be Back Before Midnight!, Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles (Barter Theatre).

Proud graduate of the University of Alabama.

Love and thanks to the Players, his family, WO, OF and HQ. Twitter: @MichaelJVine.

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SUSAN SANDLER (Playwright) is a playwright, screenwriter, teacher and mentor.

Her screenplays include the Golden Globenominated Crossing Delancey and Friends at Last, as well as projects for Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Disney, TNT, Columbia Pictures, Jersey Films and Interscope. Her stage work has been produced in New York and at major theaters across the country and world. Her plays include Crossing Delancey, Under the Bed, The Renovation, The Moaner, If I Were a Train, Hokey-Pokey, The Find, The Burial Society, The Lovely Just So and Kinfolks and Mountain Music. Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, HB Playwrights Foundation and Writers Guild of America.

Sandler’s work is published by Smith & Kraus, Vintage Press and Samuel French. Her plays have been produced for “Playing on Air: Great American Short Plays with Great American Actors” on Public Radio and related podcasts.

She’s now at work directing and producing a documentary film on comedian Julia Scotti.

Sandler is on the faculty of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. She has passionately guided NYU’s Fusion Film Festival since its

profiles inception, celebrating the work of women behind the camera and mentoring the next generation of female change-makers in film, television and new media.

LEORA MORRIS (Director) was the Yale Directing Fellow at the Alliance Theatre for the 2016/17 season. Select directing credits include The Dancing Granny (Alliance); Orphans (Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto); He Left Quietly (2014 SummerWorks best production award, Toronto); Amy and the Orphans, Women Beware Women, The Troublesome Reign of King John, Riverbank: A Noh Play for Northerly Americans (Yale School of Drama); The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, love holds a lamp in this little room, He Left Quietly (Yale Cabaret). Leora receivedToronto’s 2012 Ken MacDougall Award for emerging directors, was co-artistic director for Yale Cabaret’s 48th season and was co-awarded the Julian Milton Kaufman Prize in directing upon graduating with her M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. She is honored to be an O’Neill/NNPN National

Directing Fellow. Upcoming: Spring Awakening (Connecticut College), Virginia Wolf (Carousel Players). www.leoramorris.com KAT CONLEY (Set Designer) is ecstatic to return and go on the road with the Alliance.

She has designed more than 25 Alliance productions, including last season’s Cinderella and Fella and Courtenay’s Cabaret. Atlantabased since 2000, Kat has designed scenery for Arena Stage, Orlando Shakespeare, the Kennedy Center, Georgia Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, the Atlanta Ballet, the Center for Puppetry Arts, 7 Stages, Theatrical Outfit, Theater in the Square, the Springer Opera House and Aurora Theatre. She is an associate artist with Actor’s Express, and the charge scenic artist for the Alliance. Whether dramatically challenging, visionary or escapist, all theater and art is important. Thank you for supporting it in our community.

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profiles SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) has spent her working life transforming actors into characters on the stage for 40 years.

She’s Atlanta-based and has designed for the Alliance (recipient of the 2007 regional Tony Award), Geva Theatre (Rochester, N.Y.), Portland Center Stage (Portland, Ore.), the Araca Project (New York City) and most theater companies in Atlanta. She recently was costume designer for the Alliance/ Tectonic Theatre Project world premiere of The Temple Bombing. She was an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare and is a member of United Scenic Artists 829. She has taught at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Emory and Oglethorpe universities. www.sydneyrobertscostumedesign.com JOSEPH A. FUTRAL (Lighting Designer) is excited to once again work with this fantastically talented Alliance team to bring some amazing work to the stage for your enjoyment. He has 30 years of production and lighting credits. Lighting credits: True Colors Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, Moving in the Spirit, Saiah International, Horizon Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Jomandi Theatre, Blake Beckham and Lucky Penny, Ballethnic Dance, Lee Harper, Room to Move, Charleston Ballet, Augusta Ballet, Martha Clarke and events for Amherst College, Yale University, Saab and Buick. Production manager credits: Gallim Dance, Vail Dance Festival, Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, American Dance Festival, Pilobolus, Fred Garbo’s Inflatable Theatre Company and Ohio Ballet. Lighting supervisor: Jose Limon Dance. Master electrician: Spoleto Festival USA. He’s on the board of directors for Full Radius Dance in Atlanta. Many thanks to Leora and the whole design team for looking for the truth in the work!

KATE MARVIN (Sound Designer) is a New York-based sound designer, composer and musician. Recent work: Grounded (Westport Country Playhouse); Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage); Richard III/Measure for Measure (Trinity Shakespeare Festival); Happy Days (Theatre for a New Audience); Orphans 22 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

(Coal Mine Theatre); Porto (Bushwick Starr); Sotto Voce (Portland Stage Company); Ugly Lies the Bone (Alliance); Now Is the Time (Little Lord); Happy Days, Elevada (Yale Repertory Theatre); He Left Quietly (Toronto Summerworks); The Tempest, Uncle Vanya, Second Language (Target Margin Theater); How to Hamlet, Faustus, Set in the Living Room of a Small Town American Play, Three Seagulls or MASHA MASHA MASHA (Theater Reconstruction Ensemble). Kate is an associate artist with Theater Reconstruction Ensemble, Target Margin Theater and Little Lord. M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. www.katemarvinsound.com JAYSON T. WADDELL (Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre for his eighth season. At the Alliance, he’s worked on such productions as Troubadour, Moby Dick, Born for This, Tuck Everlasting, The Geller Girls, A Christmas Carol, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Broke, Sex and the Second City, Next to Normal, Holidays With the Chalks and Bike America. At Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty and Young Frankeinstein.At the Illinois Shakespeare Festival: I <3 Juliet, Hamlet, Q Gents, Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night and A Winter’s Tale.

Jayson graduated from the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. lark hackshaw (Stage Manager) has celebrated 27 years of stage managing at the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre and has worked at regional theaters across the country. The list includes Indiana Repertory, MetroStage, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter, Trinity Repertory, Arena Stage, MUNY and North Carolina Black Rep. She also has taken out several major tours. Favorite credits include Broadway’s Stick Fly, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Blackberry Daze, Anne & Emmett, Proof, Smart People, Black Nativity (2014-17), Kandi Burruss’ A Mother’s Love, Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Through Life, The Tall Girls, The Geller Girls, ’ da Kink in My Hair, Bring It On: The Musical, Zorro: The Musical, The Nacirema

profiles Society, Broke, Sheddin’, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Topdog/Underdog, Good People and Wit. lark is a longtime line producer/executive assistant for WinstonSalem’s National Black Theatre Festival.

JODY FELDMAN (Producer and Casting Director) began her theater career as an Atlanta actress before moving into administration as assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the producer and casting director at the Alliance, where she began working as casting director in 1991. While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing 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 more than 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, plus such world and regional premiere musicals as Tuck Everlasting, Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and Harmony, A New Musical. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH ( Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, local producing partnerships and regional collaborations as well as commercial partnerships for such productions as Tuck Everlasting; The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away With Me; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at such theaters as 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, DePaul and Emory universities. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field, and is a trustee of Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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Crossing Delancey touches my soul and heartstrings like Fiddler on the Roof and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. In getting to know Bubbie, Izzy, Hannah, Tyler and Sam, we begin to recognize that we have someone like each of them in our lives. Crossing Delancey is where New Yorkers discover how the Lower East Side meets Uptown Manhattan. For me it also is where Peachtree meets Sweet Auburn and where Sandy Springs meets Reynoldstown. Crossing Delancey is a universal story of life and love, full of new and old traditions. Susan Sandler breathes new life into this universal story of life and love.

— Joel Arogeti Board Chair, Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta

synopsis Setting: New York in the mid 1980s; the Upper West Side and the Lower East Side Isabelle (Izzy) Grossman is a modern woman who lives and works in New York’s Upper West Side. She feeds her literary ambition by working in a neighborhood bookshop. Every weekend she travels to visit her grandmother (Bubbie) on the Lower East Side, a 45-minute subway ride and a world away. Bubbie worries that Izzy needs help finding happiness, specifically a life partner, and asks Hannah, the neighborhood matchmaker, to help Izzy out. Working together, Bubbie and the Matchmaker introduce Izzy to Sam, the neighborhood pickle vendor. But will Izzy’s interest in writer and literary star Tyler Moss thwart her grandmother’s plans?

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about the alliance theatre The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds onstage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply.

Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.

Known for its exemplary artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 100 original productions, professionally launching important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the Tony Award winners The Color Purple, based on the Alice Walker novel; Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice; and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Recent musical premieres include Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Tuck Everlasting, Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story, The Prom and, most recently, Janece Shaffer and Kristian Bush’s Troubadour.

The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of emerging writers through the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season. The Alliance is deeply committed to Atlanta artists, showcasing locally based artists on a nationally watched stage, and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community through the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for an annual roster of locally sourced performance projects.

The Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 80,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civic-minded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Theatre Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning.

MISSION Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off.

VISION The Alliance is a beacon of leadership for the national field, while remaining deeply rooted in and reflective of our local Atlanta community.

VALUES We believe that acknowledging and embracing differences in identity is essential to a dynamic cultural conversation. This is why we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in all areas of our organization and programming.

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board of directors officers

Co-Chairs Anne Kaiser Hala Moddelmog Immediate Past Chair Reade Fahs Treasurer Steve Chaddick

lifetime directors

Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer* Linda Davidson Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein Bob Reiser Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

directors

Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Kenny Blank Terri Bonoff Laura Brightwell Megan Burton Peter Carter Jeffrey S. Cashdan Susan Catalfano Steve Chaddick* Tena Clark Leigh Ann Costley Allison Dukes Fred Ehlers Reade Fahs* Howard Feinsand* Andrea Freeman Richard Goerss* Pat Gunning Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Erika James

Bob Jimenez Sam Johnson Anne Kaiser* John Keller Lauren Kiefer* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Alan McKeon* Dori Miller Hala Moddelmog* Phil Moïse* Jane Morgan^ Maureen Morrison Victoria Palefsky* Paul Pendergrass Scott Pioli Helen Smith Price Asif Ramji Sean Reardon Patty Reid Margaret Reiser* Matthew Richburg Maurice Rosenbaum Steve Selig Pam Sessions Doug Shipman^* Mark Silberman Chris Sizemore Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith E. Kendrick Smith Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker Jill Thomas Rosemarie Thurston Benny Varzi Rebekah Wasserman Brad Watkins Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Paul Wrights Todd Zeldin

advisory board Advisory Board Chair Laura Hardman* Vice Chair Phil Moïse* Andrew Agan Joel Alvarado Chris Appleton Maurice Baker Shana Basnight Heidi Boykin Tarsha Calloway Madison Cario Sarah Chatel Nisha Choksi Ezra Cohen Emily Decker Makeba Dixon-Hill Angela Edmond Dale A. Ferguson Ashby Fox Patricia Garrett Matthew Geller Karen Gentry Sarah Frances Giovino Henry Gonzalez Hari Gopal Arlene Warshaw Gould September Gray Kimberley Joiner Hale Elizabeth Hall Nancy Halwig Janet Stovall Harrell Karl Jennings Michael Kaluzny Gloria Kantor Rachelle Kuramoto Mark Lee Lauren Linder Carolina Margarella Santiago Marquez Ryland McClendon Darryal McCullough Carol Meadows Marjorie Mitchell Dedi Mohr

Michelle Morgan Valerie Mosley Deborah G. Neese Joan Netzel Gail O’Neill Michael Parver Hetal Patel Kathy Portnoy Jason Rhoades Robyn Roberts Jibran Shermohammed Robert D. Simmermon Nicola Smith Jennifer L. Streeter Mark E. Swinton Chuck Taylor Natasha Trethewey Alexandra Tucci Nseabasi Ufot Roxanne Varzi Diletha Waldon Charmaine Ward Amanda Watkins Ellen Adair Wyche Jennifer Yoffy * Executive Committee Member ^ Ex-officio

volunteer leadership

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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 Anonymous

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation

★★★★★★ $100,000+ The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation AT&T Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Edgerton Foundation The Home Depot Foundation

The Kendeda Fund The Shubert Foundation Spray Foundation, Inc. The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Turner

★★★★★ $50,000+ Carter’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners Kaiser Permanente MAP Fund

PNC R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation Camp-Younts Foundation City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Georgia Natural Gas Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Rich Foundation The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ The Abraham J & Phyllis Katz Foundation The Allstate Foundation Alston & Bird Anonymous Cartoon Network

DS Services Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia-Pacific Corporation Georgia Power Hire Profile

Paymetric Rotary Education Foundation Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

William and Eva Fox Foundation John and Mary Franklin Foundation Jones Day King & Spalding The Kroger Company

National Distributing Company Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright/ Northwestern Benefit Corporation of Georgia Theatre Communications Group Theatre Forward

★★ $5,000+ Anonymous Aon Risk Solutions Cobb EMC Community Foundation DeepStream VR DocAuto

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2017/18 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 49. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 49 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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sponsors Alliance Series Sponsor The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, offering over 500 brands to people in more than 200 countries. Of our 21 billion-dollar brands, 19 are available in lower- or no-sugar options to help people moderate their consumption of added sugar. In addition to our namesake Coca-Cola drinks, some of our leading brands around the world include: AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea, Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee, Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, Minute Maid juices, Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater, and Zico coconut water. At Coca-Cola, we’re serious about making positive contributions to the world. That starts with reducing sugar in our drinks and continuing to introduce new ones with added benefits. It also means continuously working to reduce our environmental impact, creating rewarding careers for our associates and bringing economic opportunity wherever we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people around the world. For more information, visit our digital magazine Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com.

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government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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annual fund Individual donors contribute more than $2 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 their support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710.

Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2016/17 season from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. $100,000+ SKK Foundation $50,000+ Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith $25,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Katie & Reade Fahs David & Carolyn Gould Starr Moore & the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Patty & Doug Reid Sally G. Tomlinson $15,000+ Ms. Kristin Adams Mr. & Mrs. Ali Azadi Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Stephanie Blank Laura Brightwell Ann & Jeff Cramer Ellen & Howard Feinsand Doris & Matthew Geller Anne & Mark Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Jane & Hicks Lanier Phil & Caroline Moïse Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig; Kathy & Steve Kuranoff Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Benny & Roxanne Varzi Paul Wrights $10,000+ The Balloun Family The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Megan Burton Mr. & Mrs. Peter Carter Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Cashdan Anonymous Ms. Tena Clark & Ms. Michelle LeClair LeighAnn & Chad Costley Mr. & Mrs. William Dukes Marsha & Richard Goerss Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Doug & Lila Hertz Jocelyn J. Hunter John C. Keller David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Ms. Evelyn Ashley & Mr. Alan B. McKeon Hala & Steve Moddelmog Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff L. Paul Pendergrass Mr. & Mrs. Asif Ramji Dan & Garnet Reardon Mr. & Mrs. Sean Reardon Dr. & Mrs. Matt Richburg Waffle House Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Mark & Linda Silberman

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Sizemore Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen & John Spiegel Tim & Maria Tassopoulous Rosemarie & David Thurston Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Susan & Tom Wardell Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Bradford L. Watkins Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Mr. & Mrs. Monte Wilson Joni Winston Woodruff Arts Center President’s Fund Amy & Todd Zeldin $7,500+ Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Freeman Lynne & Steve Steindel Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Frank Buonanotte $5,000+ William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal James Anderson Dori & Jack Miller Pam Sessions & Don Donnelly Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenny Goggins Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Diane Durgin Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Kitty & Ezra Cohen Anna & Hays Mershon Eve Eckardt Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Dr. Marvin Goldstein Hedgewood Realty Erin & John Heyman Mrs. Erika James David L. Kuniansky Mr. Thomas Pinckney Walter W. Mitchell & Marci Schmerler Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Sandeep Soni Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Ms. Blitch Ann Bird Russell B. Still In honor of Carol Jones $2,500+ Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Deborah L. Bannworth & Joy Lynn Fields Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Candace & Jeff Bell Ariana L. Hargrave Shirley Blaine Ms. Christina Bortz Anonymous Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Frank & Mary Anne Chew Mark & Ruth Coan

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Susan & Ed Croft Ann & Jim Curry Marcia & John Donnell Eierman Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller J. Alston Gardner Ms. Patricia C. Garrett Heidi & David Geller John Vaught & Karen Gentry Mr. Henry Gonzalez & Mrs. Bebe Kokab Mr. & Mrs. Laurence O. Gray Mr. Kevin Greiner & Mrs. Robyn S. Roberts Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman John Haupert & Bryan Brooks Dr. Wendy Heckelman Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Jason & Laurie Jeffay Mr. & Mrs. Lee Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. John Lee Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Kristie L. Madara Jeffrey & Cynthia McCreary Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy S. Millett Dedi & Julian Mohr Mrs. Lesley R. Morgan Mr. Michael Morgan June M. Morrison Dr. Phillip Parham & Ms. Carin Williams Susan & David Peterson Sam & Barbara Pettway Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Helen M. Regenstein Sharon & David Schachter Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Karen & Alex Stickney Susan & Alan Stiefel Maria-Ruth Storts Kathy & Ron Tomajko Cynthia Widner Wall & James A. Wall Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Wiley, Jr. John & Kathy Zamer $1,500+ Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. Rhona S. Applebaum & Mr. Mark Peabody Mary Allen Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. Gregg D. Bedol Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. John Benator Sara & Alex Brown Aubrey & Carol Bush Susan & Tom Callaway Candace Carson Dr. & Mrs. S. Wright Caughman Melodie H. Clayton

Rita & Ralph Connell Brad & Sally Currey Bill Damaschke George & Bonnie Daneker Ralph & Ree Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Tim Eyerly Michael & Jody Feldman Andrew & Wendie Fisher Viki & Paul Freeman Linda M. Garrett Ms. Amy Gerome-Acuff & Mr. Daniel Acuff Karen & Andrew Ghertner Mr. & Mrs. Judson Graves Melinda Cooper Holladay & Phil Holladay Stephen & Taylor Horne Dr. Joyce F. Houser Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Howerton III Mark Keiser Dr. William A. Kiser Brian & Carrie Kurlander Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Jim & Jo McLean The Zaban Foundation Janice & Tom Munsterman Joan Netzel & John Gronwall Mr. & Mrs. Chau Nguyen Peg Petersen Erin Quinn Ratonyi Family Philanthropic Fund Rebecca & John Reeves Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Mr. Steve A. Robinson Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Michael Salyards Mr. Scott Seydel & Mrs. Pat Mitchell-Seydel Nancy & Gerald Silverboard Dr. & Mrs. Robert Simmermon Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Ms. Natasha Trethewey Mr. & Mrs. Ted Verren Ms. Avril Vignos Mr. & Mrs. D. K. Wheeler Sue S. Williams $1,000+ Dennis T. Blackmon Dean & Tarsha W. Calloway Dr. Mary S. Campbell David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin John D. Copeland Phil Delanty Christopher & Sonnet Edmonds Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Debbie Frank & Sandy McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Goodman Warren M. Gump Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Dawn & Jack Hereth Carsten Hilker John Hopkins Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Marium Khalid Cecil Winn & Edmond Laird Raymond & Penelope McPhee Stacia Minton

annual fund Individual donors contribute more than $2 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 their support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710.

Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2016/17 season from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. $1,000+ (cont’d) Ms. Susan L Nardelli Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Patricia Northcutt Dr. Jerry & Mrs. Linda Richman Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. George Russell Mr. Ronald B. Russell & Mr. Tommy Sweat Jane E. Shivers The Shockley Family Judith & Mark Taylor Mrs. & Mr. Velma C. Tilley Lorre L. Trytten Ttee Penn & Sally Wells Adrienne Whitehead Melody Wilder Wilson & David Wilson Ms. Amy Winokur Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang $750+ Ms. Donna C. Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Bremer Mr. Stewart Comrie Richard & Linda Davis Elizabeth Etoll Louise S. Gunn Rachelle Kuramoto Mrs. Nicole Lewis William L. Lundy, Jr. Ms. Theresa McCabe Jane Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Russo Ms. Amanda Watkins Barbara A. White Ms. Kristen Wood Burke & Mr. Adam Burke $500+ Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Abes Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey Mr. George T. Baker Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Betty Blondeau-Russell Dr. & Mrs. Ted Brand Thomas Brown Family Charity Ronald L. Budde Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Catalfano Sidney & Don Childress Mr. James Clements Julianne Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard Colby Colonna Family Mr. & Mrs. Charles Conover Rosalie & Max Cooper B.J. Erb, M.D. & Bruce I. Crabtree III Ms. Lurline Craig-Burke Lisa Cremin & Bruce Harlan Jeanne S. Pudenz Deborah J. & Peter A. Magowan Foundation, Inc. Julian Dejuan Gary Dresser Mr. & Mrs. Barry Elson Leonard Epley Mrs. Eleanor H. Finley Ms. Catherine Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Edward T.M. Garland

Matty L. Garrett Dan & Susan Graveline Nancy & J. Michael Halwig MD Tyson Harper Mr. Lucas Hathaway JD & Teresa Hatten Mr. & Mrs. David E. Homrich JDI Fund Angela Karwoski Suzanne & Thad King Lucy Kinnaird Carol & Paul Kurtz Ellen & Jeff Lemming Michael Lipsitt Mr. Jon M. Margolis & Ms. Emily C. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Dennis & Debra Murphy Debbie & Lon Neese Mr. Mark A. Pallansch John & Helen Parker Jana Stein-Payan Mike Peck Dr. Cecil Reeves & Mr. Alonzo Daniel, Jr. Deborah Chasin & Dennis Renyi Carol Riggs Gloria J. Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Rothberg Elizabeth Wallace & Christopher Scislowicz Ms. Sally Sears Christina Shalley & Dave Shallenbeger Mindy Shoulberg Philip Slaughter Brenda J. Smith Anonymous Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Johnie L. Teague Mr. Richard Thomas Celia Till Robert Todd Leanne Van Dyk Mark & Dara Wassersug Anonymous John Williamson Anonymous Sherry & Donn Wright Anonymous $250+ Alfred G. & Sarah H. Adams Howell E. Adams Jr. & Madeline Adams Carol Agee Judith & Aaron Alembik Peter & Sheila Anderson Michele & Claudia Aquino Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Darlene Badger Dr. Gordon Baker Mr. Travis Barrs Mr. Anthony Nastri Ms. Mary Bergh Dr. Annette Bernard Jay Bernath Mr. Tom Blakely Judith Lyon & Ron Bloom Nancy & Jeffrey Bramlett Bonny Breuer Dr. Harold J. Brody Kathryn Roed Bronstein Mr. & Mrs. David M. Brookes LeRoy & Polly Brownlee

Carol Cook Bryant Mr. Paul Bumblauskas Cheryl Bumpus O. Penelope Burruss Rosalyn & Stephen Bush Mr. & Mrs. Joel A. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Mark F. Butler Mr. Lawrence Bynum Paxton Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Calhoun Joseph Cantwell Mrs. Mysti Cenkner Mr. William T. Clewell Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cobb Mrs. Jan W. Collins Kenneth Collins Mr. & Mrs. Greg D. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Ms. Kim Cooper Mr. & Mrs. James B. Crew, Jr. Gray & Marge Crouse Anonymous Shelley Danzy Cathy M. Darland Celeste Davis Mr. & Mrs. Roderick Dawson Emily Decker Dehaan Michael & Mary Ann Denny Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Dickerson Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski Stephanie DiLorio Ray Dingledine Michael Douglas Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Mr. & Mrs. Scott K. DuBois Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Ms. Lee Ebeling Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Ariana Feiner John & Cam Fenton Angeline Fife Mr. Edmond G. Fisher Louise B. Franklin Marla Jane Franks, MD Mr. Henry Frazier Kamieka Gabriel Shelley & Bruce Gaynes Ed Gentle Mr. & Ms. John Gilbert Jon & Suzanne Glenn Martin & Doris Goldstein Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Gragnolati Stephen B. Graham Mary C. Gramling Anonymous Juliet M Hall Mr. & Mrs. Howard I. Halpern Lynne & Jack Halpern Mr. Alfred Hanner Anonymous Kathy Hart Mrs. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Hermann Alice Hood Mitchell & Pam Hughes Barry & Sylvia Hyman Alexander Johnson Allison Johnson Ann & Ben Johnson

Eric & Carol Johnson Mr. Winfred Jones Drs. Sharon Neulinger & Richard Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Ms. Carolina Klint Matthew Knopf Mr. & Mrs. Edward Koffsky Elaine LaLonde Katie Lefebvre Michael Leonard J. Bancroft Lesesne In honor of Billy Levine S. Jarvin Levison Faith & Howard Levy Linda Lewin Constance & Dale Lewis Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Brenda & Mark Lichtenstein M.C. Lindsay Blake Lindsey Weihua Liu Kenneth & Molly Lynch Sarah Macknik Mr. & Mrs. Mark Maimone Anonymous Anonymous Tod & Shaun Martin Sonya Matchan ANONYMOUS Eileen McClay William McGee Birgit & David McQueen Geoffrey & Betsy Meacham William Merrigan Snapdragon Design Eloise B. Mills Dr. & Mrs. R. Stephen Morgan Chris & Brittany Moses Clair & Thomas Muller Kathleen Murphy Margaret H. Murphy Ms. Renee Najour-Payne Ms. Darlene Nazaire Stuart & Fiona Norris Deanna Nowell Mrs. Donna Nunn Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Peter Ohanlon Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Hanlon Mr. & Ms. Dan O’Hara David Page Leonard Pallats Mr. Mark A. Parison & Mr. Robert D. Woodman Scott Pearson Dr. Jesse R. Peel, M.D. Sophia Brothers Peterman Lori & Jonathan Peterson Joan Policastro Judith Reece Mr. Garland Reid Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Rikard Mr. Diff Ritchie & Mrs. Georgia Schley Ritchie Stephanie Robinson Lin Rogers James H. Rollins & Jillian S. Kaechele Physical Therapy Pros LLC Jane & Rein Saral Mr. & Mrs. Andy Sayles Debbie Schultz Mr. Semon

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annual fund Individual donors contribute more than $2 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 their support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710.

Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2016/17 season from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. $250+ (contâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d) Sue Shaffer Dr. Susan E. Shapiro Ricardo Simon David & Virginia Sjoquist Victoria Sloan Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Smith Fred B. Smith Mr. & Mrs. David Souerwine Chirs & Allyson Speaks Tony Spurlin Barry Spurlock Elizabeth Stafford Mrs. Charlita R. Stephens-Walker Helaine & Richard Sugarman Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman Faye Tate Arlene & David Taylor Lanie Taylor & Evan Pontz Robert Thompson & John Stegall Mr. & Mrs. William H. Townsend Wanda & Robert Truesdale John & Bunny Underwood Mr. & Mrs. Jerel Verner Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Mr. Tom Warner & Mrs. Vicki Warner Caitlin Way Brooke Weinmann In Honor of Winston Weinmann Greg & Teresa Wellborn Jack Wexler Tom Williams Mr. Jorn Winter Kareem Yearwood Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Young Dr. & Mrs. Feroze A. Yusufji $150+ Mr. & Mrs. William A. Allison Kim Amato Mr. Brandon Anderson Kim & Tom Aschmeyer James Ball Ms. Mary E. Barbara Anonymous Heather Belman Matthew Bernstein Tracy Berry Thomas & Wendy Betenia Joseph & Lisa Blanco Mr. & Mrs. Greg Blount Jennifer Bodner Ms. Janet Bogle Claire Broadwell Merv & Schan Brown Ms. Katherine Buck Jeff Burnham Mack & Linda Butler Anonymous

Leslie Cannon Carey Caudle Gardner & Peggy Chambliss Mr. Jon Christensen Courtney L. Christiansen Dr. Kimberly Christmas Helena Cochran-Jones Bill & Jennifer Combs Janeen Cook Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Ric Cross Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Dahl Glenda G. Davis Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Davis Stephanie Dennard Dr. & Ms. Ivan D. Diamond Karen A. Diehl Discovery Point #43 Thomas Doran Ms. Andrea Dresdner Ms. Jessica Drewry Cydnee & Rob McDubrof Mitch & Jane Durham Mrs. Nancy Elsas Mr. Sean Erwin Mr. Richard Evans Mr. & Mrs. Faulkenberry Laurence Fennelly Devon Ferguson Ms. Joann Fifield Mr. Ulysses Fisher Shan Franklin Joel & Donna Freedman Homer S. French Lance Gatlin Alexander Gdalevich Sander & Marina Gilman Dr. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner Mr. Richard Gluck Judith & Robert Golomb Patsy Goolsby Libby Johnson & Nat Gozansky Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Greenbaum Lou Grill David Guy Bruce & Alison Hagen Ronald L. Harris & Jacqueline Pownall Sarah Hawbecker & William Fuller Bergen Haworth Carole Hays Ms. Karen A. Hegtvedt & Mr. Patrick Flinn Dr. Michael D. Hellstrom Mary Margaret Hendrix Mr. & Mrs. Michael Heninger Vonda K. Hester Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Heyer Mark Hobson Scott Johnson & Lisha Hocking Terry Hong

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Michelle Hylton Dr. Gary K. Iskol Rebecca Jarvis Betty Jeter Duane Johnson Mr. Wendell L. Johnson Anjo Jones Mavis Kalmback Mr. Barnabas Kane Daniel Kang Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kershteyn Hank & Barbara Kimmel Mr. & Mrs. Loren Koch Mr. Richard Lee Ella Leeth Torance & Kiersten Lesane Thomas C. Leslie Robert Leveille Allan & Vivian Levine Jan Lewis & Reeve Underwood Mr. Joel Lobel & Ms. Debbie A. Smith Richard Long & Sheri Easton-Long Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Longman Ms. Carolanne Lott Rita & Bill Loventhal Eunice A. Luke Mr. Alfred Lurey Jo Ann Mahar Mr. Dawan Malik & Ms. RaeVaughn Lucas Ms. Natalie Malin-Davis & Ms. Sasha Davis Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Marinac Ms. Dianne Matthews Colin McBurnette Terry & Elaine McClean Mr. & Mrs. John McGee Monica McNeeley Ms. Jessica Mecklenburg Drew Meyer Shelley Milakofsky Dianna Milhollin Anonymous Ms. B. E. Minga & Mr. Walter Smith Ms. Diane Moldenhauer Andrew & Katharine Montgomery Ms. Jocelyn Montgomery Nancy J. Moore Vicki & Steve Morris Mr. James Morton Joel Neuman Ms. Patricia Parrish Edmund & Ann Pearce Sandra Player Dr. James L. Powell Ms. Paige T. Pratt & Mr. Bruce Stambler Brenda Pruitt Mr. Bill Ransom & Ms. Donna M. Woodruff Alan Reeves Susan H. Reinach Jean Rich Douglas & Reginia Riffey

Jose Rivera Brian & Lynn Roberts Mr. & Mrs. William Roberts Darkenia Rogers Dale Royal Roger Rudow Mr. & Mrs. Roger Rupnow Fred & Carol Salmons Carol Seay Ms. Cindy Seel Stanley & Georgia Segal Deena Serafin Bishop Daniel Shapiro & Dr. Nadine Becker Eve Shulmister Claudine Simmons Dara Simmons Lewissa Singleton Sheree Slaughter Aaron Smith Amy Smith Lisa Marie Smith Will Smith Mr. George Soba Ms. Lucy Soto Ms. Adelaide Spang Thom, Lori & Sydney Stanley Amy Steelman Chase Stephens Mr. David Stewart Anonymous Mr. Sean P. Sullivan & Dr. Alicia A. Diaz Patricia & James Sykes Joseph Szala Donald Thompson Ms Sue Thore Mr. & Mrs. Dave Tolman Ms. Toni Trody Ms. Brenda Turner Debra Turner Ms. Stephanie Van Parys & Mr. Robert A. Cleveland Mr. Ronald B. Russell & Mr. Tommy Sweat Kim Boldthen & Carolyn Wheeler Hala White Ed & Connie Whittington Ms. Janice Wilbanks Ms. Freda Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams Alfred Wilson L. Lamar Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Yarmowich Tim & Mary Yoder * Deceased

annual fund Special support for Crossing Delancey provided by Toni & Joel Adler Spring & Tom Asher Juli & Billy Bauman Bruce & Lesley Berman Karen & David Birnbrey Ron & Gayle Breakstone Linda & Dr. Eugene Davidson Lois Kuniansky & Richard Eicholz Barbara and Joel Goldman Lynne & Jack Halpern Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Cheryl & Dr. Russell Kramer Phyllis Kozarsky & Eliot Arnovitz Sheri & Steve Labovitz

Audrey & Michael Landy Janet Lavine & Rick Williams Eddie & Debbie Levin Dr. Roger Lewis Debbie & Lon Neese Lindy & Norman Radow Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Patti & Don Ross Linda & Steve Selig Fred & Diane Shaftman Benjamin R. Sillins Mr. & Mrs. Rob Taylor Mavis and Jeffrey Wener Chuck Wolf

Alliance Theatre Staff Giving We would like to thank the following Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center staff members who have contributed to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and Transformation Campaign.

Emika Abe Jessica Boatright Susan V. Booth Scott Bowne Kristen Buckley Jamie Clements Kat Conley Patrick Conley Megan DeWitt Smith Christina Dresser Jody Feldman Collins Goss Kristin Hathaway Hansen Danielle Hicks Jim Hubbert Rachel Jones

Max Leventhal Kyle Longwell Liz Lyons Suzanne Morris Christopher Moses Margo Moskowitz Victor Mouledoux Janine Musholt Patrick Myers Rosemary Newcott J. Noble Johnnie Oliver Courtney O’Neill Elisia’ Parker Willie Palmer Parks Thomas Pinckney

Rebecca Pogue Mike Schleifer Amy Schwartz Brian Shively Vincent Simons Matthew Tanner Laura Thruston Bret Torbeck Brenda Turner Caitlin Way Cindy Lou Who Jackie Williams Jennifer Williford Michael Winn

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annual fund legacy society 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.

Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for the Alliance Theatre and its mission, while accommodating your own person financial, estate planning 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 Caitlin Way at 404.733.4757 or Caitln.Way@alliancetheatre.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 Howard & Ellen Feinsand Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler

P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moise Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Victoria & Howard Palefsky Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein Margaret & Bob Reiser

Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Roger J. Smith & Christopher M. Jones Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White

* deceased

matching gift companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express AIG Corporation Aon Risk Solutions AT&T Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb Corporation The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte Equifax, Inc.

GE Energy Georgia Power Home Depot Foundation Honda Motor Co. IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Foundation McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corporation Microsoft Corporation Neiman Marcus

Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Publix Super Markets Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

Wells Fargo

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 three committees working together on fundsaving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The three committees are the Theatre Advocates, the Theatre Educators, and the Theatre Ushers.

For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Destiny Stancil at destiny.stancil@ alliancetheatre.org.

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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE

Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of The Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful to these 43 partners who lead our efforts to ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1 MILLION+

RHONDA AND DAN CATHY

WALTER CLAY HILL & FAMILY FOUNDATION A FRIEND OF THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

$500,000+

Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun

Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation Invesco Ltd. Sarah and Jim Kennedy

The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

$400,000+ Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation The Douglas J. Hertz Family Lucy R. and Gary Lee, Jr.

$300,000+ King & Spalding, Partners & Employees PNC The Rich Foundation Spray Foundation, Inc.

$250,000+

A FRIEND OF THE WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER

SunTrust Teammates

SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

WellsFargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

Estate of Andrew Musselman PwC, Partners & Employees Tull Charitable Foundation

Turner

UPS Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood

KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

Victoria and Howard Palefsky Mr. and Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Patty and Doug Reid Louise S. Sams and Jerome Grilhot

Contributions Made: June 1, 2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 31, 2017

Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

The Antinori Foundation / Ron and Susan Antinori

Deloitte, its Partners & Employees

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THE PATRON CIRCLE $200,000+

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Equifax & Employees EY, Partners & Employees Sally and Carl Gable The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundations

$150,000+

1180 Peachtree Alston & Bird The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Lucinda W. Bunnen Frances B. Bunzl The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund - Atlanta Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Jones Day Foundation & Employees Katherine John Murphy Foundation Estate of Amy Norman Susan and Tom Wardell

$100,000+

A Friend of the Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center AT&T Sandra and Dan Baldwin In honor of Alleene and Jim Bratton Barbara and Steve Chaddick Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Ellen and Howard Feinsand First Data Corporation Peggy Foreman Fulton County Arts Council Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Corporation Google Beth and Tommy Holder Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Merrill Lynch Morgens West Foundation Garnet and Dan Reardon Margaret and Bob Reiser Southern Company Gas Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund Mr.* and Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. WestRock Company

$75,000+

Susan and Richard Anderson BB&T Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Bloomberg Philanthropies BNY Mellon Wealth Management Ann and Jeff Cramer Katie and Reade Fahs The Fraser-Parker Foundation JLL Livingston Foundation, Inc. Massey Charitable Trust

National Endowment for the Arts Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Thalia and Michael C. Carlos Advised Fund Elizabeth and Chris Willett

$50,000+

A Friend of the High Museum of Art ADP Aarati and Peter Alexander Atlanta Area BMW Centers The Carter’s Charitable Foundation Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji Melinda and Brian Corbett Crawford & Company Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation / Dan W. Boone III Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Denny, Jr. DS Services Catherine Warren Dukehart Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Jennifer and Marty Flanagan Betty Sands Fuller Kate and Paul Gaffney Carol and Paul Garcia General Electric Company George Lucas Family Foundation GMT Capital Corporation The Graves Foundation Nena C. Griffith Halle Foundation Allison and Ben Hill The Howell Fund, Inc. Karen and Jeb Hughes The John W. and Rosemary K. Brown Family Foundation & John and Rosemary Brown Katie and West Johnson Mr. Baxter P. Jones and Dr. Jiong Yan Joel Knox and Joan Marmo Merry McCleary and Ann Pasky Starr Moore and the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Morris Manning & Martin LLP Moxie Norfolk Southern Foundation North Highland Mr. and Mrs. David Parker The Primerica Foundation Regions Bank The Selig Foundation: Linda and Steve Selig & Cathy and Steve Kuranoff Mr. and Mrs. H. Bronson Smith Ms. Iris Smith and Mr. Michael S. Smith Sara and Paul Steinfeld Sally G. Tomlinson Mrs. Sue S. Williams The Woodruff Arts Center Employees

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The Patron Circle includes donors who generously made contributions to our FY17 annual funds and/or long-term special projects and endowment funds.

$25,000+

A Friend of the High Museum of Art Kristie and Charles Abney Mrs. Kristin Adams Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Allstate Insurance Company Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Arby’s Foundation, Inc. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Yum and Ross Arnold Spring and Tom Asher Assurant Atlanta Beverage Company Atlantic Trust Company The Balloun Family Barbara and Ron Balser Lisa and Joe Bankoff Juanita and Gregory Baranco Anna and Ed Bastian Kelly O. and Neil H. Berman Birch Communications Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Nancy and Kenny Blank Janine Brown and Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Lisa and Paul Brown Camp-Younts Foundation The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Elaine and John Carlos Wright and Alison Caughman CBH International, Inc. The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Compass Group Tony Conway Cousins Properties Sherri and Jesse Crawford Erica and David Cummings Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Cheryl Davis and Kurt Kuehn Kay and David Dempsey Marcia and John Donnell Margaret and Scott Dozier Mrs. Sarah A. Eby-Ebersole and Mr. W. Daniel Ebersole Ed and Claude Fortson Charitable Trust Ms. Lynn Eden Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers and Mr. David Lile Virginia and Brent Eiland Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Nick Franz Sonya and Rick Garber Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III General Building Maintenance, Inc. George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Natural Gas Gertrude and William C. Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. Carolyn and David Gould Sara Goza Mr. Kenneth Haines The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

Virginia Hepner and Malcolm Barnes Holder Construction Company Mr. and Mrs. Hilton H. Howell, Jr. Jane and Clayton Jackson Kim and Kirk Jamieson Lori and Bill Johnson Andrea and Boland Jones JP Morgan Private Bank Kaneva John C. Keller James F. Kelly Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough * Mr. and Mrs. David E. Kiefer Wendy and Scott Kopp Malinda and David Krantz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Lewis Hank Linginfelter Karole and John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Kelly Loeffler and Jeffrey Sprecher The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Margot and Danny McCaul Sally and Allen McDaniel The Michael and Andrea Leven Family Foundation Judy Zaban-Miller and Lester Miller Printpack Morgan Stanley – Atlanta Private Wealth Management Mueller Water Products, Inc. NCR Foundation Terence L. and Jeanne P. Neal Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Northern Trust Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright/ Northwestern Benefit Corporation of Georgia Novelis, Inc. Oscar G. and Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation Oxford Industries, Inc. Vicki and John Palmer Ms. Sara C. Passarella, in Memory of Ann E. Caulk Mr. and Mrs. E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Dr.* and Mrs. Martha Pentecost Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Quikrete Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Robinson Mrs. Ruth Magness Rollins Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Mary and Jim Rubright Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation

$25,000+ CONTINUED

Samuel H. Kress Foundation SCANA Energy Rachel and Bill Schultz Mrs. William A. Schwartz Joyce and Henry Schwob Linda and Mark Silberman Mr. and Mrs. Ross Singletary II Mr. and Mrs. Marc Skalla Skanska Mr. and Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Southwest Airlines Southwire Company State Bank & Trust Company Dr. Steven and Lynne Steindel Margaret and Terry Stent Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor and Ms. Triska Drake Troutman Sanders LLP United Distributors, Inc. Lori Vanderboegh and Brady Young Mr. Brandon Verner Susie and Patrick Viguerie Waffle House Kim and Reggie Walker Leigh and Tim Walsh Rebekah and Mark Wasserman Adair and Dick White Ann Marie and John B. White, Jr. Susan and John Wieland Wilmington Trust Suzanne B. Wilner Ellen and John Yates Amy and Todd Zeldin

$15,000+

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra A Friend of the High Museum of Art (2) A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center (2) AAA Parking ABM Acuity Brands, Inc. Keith Adams and Kerry Heyward Robin Aiken and Bill Bolen Akris Mary Allen The Allstate Foundation Altria Client Services, Inc. Alvarez & Marsal Arris Group, Inc. Evelyn Ashley and Alan McKeon Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation/Delta Life Insurance/ Gray Television Atlantic Capital Bank Mr. and Mrs. Ali Azadi Margaret Baldwin and L. Paul Pendergrass Jennifer Barlament and Kenneth Potsic Susan R. Bell and Patrick M. Morris Nancy and Phil Binkow Stan and Laura Blackburn

The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Stephanie Blank-Jomaky Mr. David Boatwright Susan V. Booth and Max Leventhal Lisa and Jim Boswell Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin The Breman Foundation, Inc. Brenau University Laura Brightwell Mary and John Brock Brown & Brown Insurance, Inc. Bryan Cave Ms. Mary Cahill and Mr. Rory Murphy The Casey Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Jefrrey S. Cashdan Center Family Foundation Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Chubb Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation Cathy and Bert Clark Susan and Carl Cofer Colliers International Ann and Steve Collins Cooper Global Ann and Tom Cousins Charlene Crusoe-Ingram and Earnest Ingram CSX Transportation Rebecca and Chris Cummiskey Russell Currey and Amy Durrell Elaine and Erroll Davis Cari Dawson and John Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. James Douglass Diane Durgin Mr. and Mrs. Merritt P. Dyke Eagle Rock Distributing Company Dr. Geoffrey G. Eichholz L. Franklyn Elliott, M.D. Fifth Third Bank Ford Motor Company Fund The Fred and Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund Gas South, LLC Sue and Tim Gedrych Doris and Matthew Geller Marty and John Gillin Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Goerss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goodsell Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Nancy and Holcombe Green Joy and Tony Greene Drs. Jeannette Guarner and Carlos del Rio Jason and Carey Guggenheim/Boston Consulting Group Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Angelle and Jack Hamilton Nancy and Charles Harrison HD Supply

Grace B. Helmer Hogan Construction Group Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Hohlstein Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Holland Jocelyn J. Hunter Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Infor Global Solutions Inglett & Stubbs, LLC Insight Sourcing Group Jabian Consulting Jackson Healthcare Sheree and John Jay Lou Brown Jewell Ann A. and Ben F. Johnson III Mary and Neil Johnson Anne and Mark Kaiser James E. Kane Greg Kelly Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kimberly-Clark Lisa and Scott Kirkpatrick Eydie and Steve Koonin Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Kowal Carrie and Brian Kurlander Louise and E.T. Laird James H. Landon Donna Lee and Howard Ehni Macy’s MAG Mutual Insurance Company Meghan and Clarke Magruder Majestic Realty Mr. and Mrs. Mike McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McClain McKinsey & Company Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan Anna and Hays Mershon Ms. Molly Minnear Hala and Steve Moddelmog Phil and Caroline Moïse Montag Wealth Management Winifred B. and Richard S. Myrick Jane and Jeffrey Neumeyer Northside Hospital Caroline and Joe O’Donnell Lynn and Galen Oelkers Oldcastle, Inc. Gail O’Neill and Paul E. Viera Barbara and Sanford Orkin Overture Lindbergh Beth and David Park Karen and Richard Parker Perkins & Will Susan and David Peterson Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Piedmont Group MassMutual The Piedmont National Family Foundation Plateau Excavation Suzanne and Bill Plybon Portman Holdings Alessandra and Elton Potts Sandra and Larry Prince Pure Storage Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rawson Regal Entertainment Group

Estate of Shirley Rivers The Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. Rooms to Go Foundation Patricia and Maurice Rosenbaum The Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation S.J. Collins Enterprises Salesforce Savannah Distributing Company Jack Sawyer and Dr. Bill Torres Marci Schmerler and Walter W. Mitchell June and John Scott ServiceNow The Slumgullion Charitable Fund Smith & Howard, PC Biljana and Phil Southerland Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Spencer Stuart Karen and John Spiegel Gail and Loren Starr STARS of the Alliance Theatre Chandra Stephens-Albright and Warren Albright Charlita StephensWalker, Charles and Delores Stephens Judith and Mark Taylor Lisa Cannon Taylor and Chuck Taylor Thomas H. Lanier Foundation Rosemarie and David Thurston Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation Transwestern Trapp Family U.S. Trust University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance John and Ray Uttenhove Roxanne and Benny Varzi Walden Security Kathy N. Waller Mr. and Mrs. Bradford L. Watkins Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Mrs. Susan Kengeter Wells and Dr. James Wells Mrs. Melinda M. Wertheim and Dr. Steven B. Wertheim Rod Westmoreland James B. and Betty A. Williams Richard Williams and Janet Lavine Jan and Greg Winchester Ms. Joni Winston Diane Wisebram and Edward D. Jewell Dina Woodruff Paul Wrights Mary and Bob Yellowlees

* Deceased

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alliance theatre staff ARTISTIC Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Casting & Engagement Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hershey Millner Spelman Leadership Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maya Lawrence Yale Directing Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Dinkova Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ibi Owolabi Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Graf Evans Spelman Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La’Candis Brown, Eniola Sodeke Reiser Lab Artists . . . . Melissa Foulger, Keith Franklin, Hank Kimmel, Eric Little, Daphne Mintz, Lee Osorio, Angela Farr Schiller Tisha Whitaker, Anthony White, Rodney Williams

Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Liz Lyons Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Props Artisans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich, Kimberly Townsend Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Lead Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Lyons Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Abreo, Cassie Garner, Marlon Wilson Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Brooks Sound Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Jarvis Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . Emma Lipsitt, Holly O’Reagan, Graham Schwartz

Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith Stage Management Associate Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bret Torbeck Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Campbell, lark hackshaw, Kara Procell, Jayson T. Waddell, R. Lamar Williams Costumes Director of Costume Shop and Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Henderson Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . Skylar Burks, Britney DeRosa, Allison Kelly Assistant Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diana L. Thomas Stage Operations Stitchers/1st Hands . . . . . . . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing Assistant Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Katy Munroe, Niki Traxler Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Automation Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Victor Mouledoux Jr. Electrics Lighting and Projections Department Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Love Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haylee Scott Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabby Ide, Steve Jordan, Lauren Robinson EDUCATION Dan Reardon Director of Education Teaching Artists (cont’d) . . . . . Neeley Gossett, Al Hamacher, Robert Hindsman, & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Moses Mira Hirsch, Catherine Dee Holly, Elizabeth Horn, BJ Hughes, Jenna Jackson, Administrative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Rachel Jones, Carole Kaboya, Ameenah Kaplan, Ashe Kazanjian, Adam King, David Kote, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind Mendenhall, Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Nicole Livieratos, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Cara Mantella, Gloria Martin, Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Early Childhood Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Buckley Mari Martinez, Patrick McColery, Bryan Mercer, Karin Mervis, Sarah Newby Halicks, Rosemary Newcott, Donal Noonan, Lee Nowell, Teundras Oaks, Teen & Adult Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Mary Emily O’Bradovich, Lee Osorio, Brooke Owens, Jeremiah Parker Hobbs, Institute Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Pogue Tafee Patterson, Kelsey Poole, J.L. Reed, Gabriella Rosado, Julissa Sabino, Manager of Education Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Davis Viviana Sawyer, Linda Sherbert, David Sterritt, Jasmine Thomas, Education Customer Service Associates . . . . . . . . Nicole Kang, Tiffany Porter Ebony Tucker, Mark Valdez, Jose Vasquez, Amanda Wansa Morgan, Camp Coordinator & Family Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . Aierelle McGill Rachel Wansker, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Caitlyn Weaver, Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Noble Katy Whitson, Vallea Woodbury, Melissa Word Education Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Bunch Education Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Geter Teen Ensemble Members . . . . . Austin Anderson, Gillian Baker, Laughton Berry, Tyler Bey, Caroline Caden, Amiel Djoume, Kalonjee Gallimore, Travis Harper, Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Washington Assistant Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emika Abe Administration & Finance Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Hall Accounts Payable Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kadeja Moton Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patrick Myers Administration/Education Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elecia Crowley Development Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Clements Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . 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AMERICAN LIVINGSTON RESTAURANT AND BAR — It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area.

659 Peachtree St. NE, 404.897.5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M LOBBY — The much-praised Lobby Bar and Bistro is a stylish yet casual modern American bistro that entices guests with its tempting aromas and alluring atmosphere..

361 17th St. NE, 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M ONE. MIDTOWN KITCHEN — This oneof-a-kind concept, located in a renovated urban warehouse, offers approachable, high-energy American cuisine. Whether it is small plates or a three-course meal, ONE adds gourmet flair using the freshest seasonal ingredients. 559 Dutch Valley Road, 404.892.4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M

PACES & VINE — Located in The Vinings Jubilee with classic American comfort food crafted from locally sourced ingredients. Shared plates, fish, steaks.

Wine-centric bar with craft cocktails.

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PARISH — Unique people, delicious food and good-for-the-Earth goods all come together at this brasserie and neighborhood café. Step off the BeltLine and join the vibrant culture of Inman Park. Whether you go upstairs to the brasserie or head downstairs to the café, expect inspired familiar American food, inventive beverages and warm hospitality. 240 North Highland Ave. NE, 404.681.4434, parishatl.com. OFW SOHO — American-style bistro offers fish and seafood, beef, game and poultry, with gluten-free lunch and dinner options, plus their specially-priced Cobb Energy Centre theater menu will get you in and out with plenty of time to make the performance; just show your tickets to your server. Different weekly “wine and tapas” flights debut each Wednesday night. Vinings Jubilee, 4300 Paces Ferry Road, 770.801.0069, sohoatlanta.com. V TWO URBAN LICKS — Heats up the Atlanta restaurant scene with its fiery American cooking. The experience available at TWO urban licks has made it one of the city’s busiest restaurants on a nightly basis.

820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404.522.4622, twourbanlicks.com. M AMERICAN/STEAKHOUSE ROOM AT TWELVE — Go to this modern American steakhouse for drinks, steaks and sushi. You’ll find it on West Peachtree Street in the boutique TWELVE Hotel, Centennial Park. Room is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Call or visit for reservations and more. 400 Peachtree St NW, #12, 404.418.1250. roomattwelve.com, D RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — A favorite local steakhouse with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hot spots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks 40 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

and seafood is excellent. Four locations: Alpharetta, 11655 Haynes Bridge Road, 770.777.1500; Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Road NE, 404.365.0660; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St. NW, 404.223.6500; Kennesaw, 620 Chastain Road NW, 770.420.1985; ruthschris. com. A, B, D

SOHO’s Painted Hills short rib tacos, black pepper mustard, caramelized onions, cilantro sauce in potato shell.

STK ATLANTA — STK blends a chic lounge and a dynamic fine dining experience with the superior quality of a traditional steakhouse. Midtown: 1075 Peachtree St., NE (at 12th St.); 404.793.0144, togrp.com/venue/ stk-atlanta. M BREW PUB/GOURMET PUB FARE GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this breweryrestaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox Theatre. Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404.870.0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Road NE, 404.264.0253, gordonbiersch.com.

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Duke, JCT Kitchen and No. 246, among others. Lunch, dinner, Saturday and Sunday brunch.. 4300 Paces Ferry Road, 404.205.8255, pacesandvine.com. V

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THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN — This Southern-inspired gastropub located in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta “celebrates every aspect of what it means to be from the South,” using locally sourced ingredients in their fresh, modern take on traditional dishes. Beverages?

Your choices run from barrel-aged cocktails to bottled libations to adult beverages on tap, along with New World wines and craft beers and the “perfect” mint julep. 3035 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite A208, 404.939.9845, thesoutherngentlemanatl.com. B BREW PUB/GOURMET PUB FARE TAP –A GASTROPUB — The spot for seasonally driven, innovative comfort food. An extensive international beer list and innovative barrel wine program make TAP a convivial place to have a pint. 1180 Peachtree St. NE, 404.347.2220, tapat1180.com. M SOUTHERN SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Three locations: Buckhead:

SOUTH CITY KITCHEN VININGS’ Shrimp and Red Mule Grits with tasso ham and smoked tomatopoblano gravy can be prepared gluten-free, as can many other items on the menu.

3350 Peachtree Rd #175, 404.815-6677; Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404.873.7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Parkway, 770.435.0700, southcitykitchen.com. B, M, V ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 41

THE ENCORE ATLANTA DINING GUIDE CREOLE/CAJUN COPELAND’S OF NEW ORLEANS — Bayou fare, plus steak, chicken, pasta and sandwiches. Fresh desserts and pastries from the Cheesecake Bakery. Live Jazz Sunday brunch buffet. A favorite gathering spot for Saints fans. Libations include the “Pontchartrain Beach” martini. Lunch, brunch, dinner. Takeout available. 3101 Cobb Parkway, 770.612.3311, copelandsatlanta. com. V

1186 North Highland Ave. NE, 404.873.4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

DINNER THEATER LIPS-ATLANTA — Part cocktail bar, part restaurant, part wa-a-ay over-the-top dinner theater in Brookhaven. The only things padded here are the waitresses. Open Wed.Sun. only. Reservations required for dinner shows (not for the bar). Complimentary on-site valet parking. See website for more important information. 3011 Buford Hwy, 404.315.7711, atldragshow.com, BH

SEAFOOD/SUSHI LURE — A modern interpretation of a classic fish house with a focus on seasonality and freshness. 1106 Crescent Ave., 404.817.3650. lure-atlanta.com. M

EUROPEAN FUSION ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a best new restaurant in America. It’s received raves for its wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 7th St. NE, 404.347.9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

SPANISH/IBERIAN FUSION GYPSY KITCHEN — The culinary riches of Spain, influenced by Moroccan and Indian cuisines; sharable Spanish snacks and plates served in a stylish modern atmosphere in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta.

3035 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite A209, 404.939.9840, gypsykitchenatl.com. B

VEGAN HERBAN FIX — With a mission to share the best fusion vegan cuisine with local residents, businesses and visitors, Herban Fix offers a fusion vegan menu to let you experience the most iconic food throughout different parts of Asia. Taking inspiration from various cuisines, the menu at Herban Fix is carefully crafted and plated and all the dishes are designed for sharing. Ingredients are premium select, organic, fresh and aimed at good health as well as great taste.

565-A Peachtree Street NE, 404.815.8787. M

MEXICAN ALMA — A refreshing approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. NE, 404.968.9662, alma-atlanta.com. D EL TACO — An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with allnatural meats and tasty margaritas.

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HERBAN FIX’s sweet pea ravioli in curry jus with leeks and assorted mushrooms (above).

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